2002 Jalandhar MiG-21 crash
Indian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 · Engine failure, Ejection
From Adampur Airport (AIP) to Adampur Air Force Station
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 8 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 8
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 1
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 17 · all on the ground
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Aircraft type
- Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-21
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Indian Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Adampur Airport (AIP)To Adampur Air Force Station
Approximate · Estimated position: Jalandhar, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 3 May 2002, an Indian Air Force (IAF) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 bis crashed into an office building in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, killing eight and injuring 17 people on the ground. The pilot, who ejected from the aircraft, survived. A number of passers-by were also injured as they attempted to rescue people trapped in the buildings.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2002 Jalandhar MiG-21 crash
- Article
- 2002 Jalandhar MiG-21 crash
- Revision
- 1369378993 · 2026-08-14 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4600186
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2002 Jalandhar MiG-21 crash" (page 10781153, revision 1369378993)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.