Time for India to decided!!

NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (AFP) – 08:44 GMT – A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed Thursday in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh but the pilots bailed out safely, the Press Trust of India reported.
The unknown type of aircraft was operating from the Dundigal Air Force Academy, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Hyderabad, state capital of Andhra Pradesh, the news agency said.

It crashed into a field in Andhra Pradesh’s Medak district and the instructor and the trainee pilot bailed out safely, police sources told PTI.

The Indian Air Force, the world’s fourth largest, has been plagued by crashes in the recent past.

Last week, a Russian-made MiG-21 crashed during a training mission in the eastern West Bengal state, killing two pilots.

And in early November, a British-made Jaguar fighter jet crashed into a residential area in the northern Indian town of Ambala, killing about 12 people.

According to official figures, at least 221 MiG-21s, worth tens of millions of dollars, were lost in crashes between 1991 and 2000, killing around 100 pilots.

Following the crash of the Jaguar, a high-level meeting chaired by Defence Minister George Fernandes decided to phase out the ageing fleet of Russian-made MiG-21 fighter jets.

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After all these crashes its time india decided on the trainer, as this perfomance is not on.

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