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MiG-21 makes emergency landing at Sanganer Airport

The landing was safe but the runway was blocked for nearly half an hour which affected the operation of a few regular flights

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force today made an emergency landing during a test flight at Sanganer Airport here.

"The MiG-21 aircraft was under repair at the airport and took off for a test flight but it developed some technical snag mid-air and the pilot had to make an emergency landing," Airport Director J S Balhara told PTI.

The landing was safe but the runway was blocked for nearly half an hour which affected the operation of a few regular flights.

Sources said the fighter jet had to land at the airport three-four days back due to some technical problem when it was flying to Jaisalmer from Gwalior.

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First Published: Dec 08 2017 | 3:15 PM IST

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