Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 29 May 2021, 03:34 pm Print
Mig-21 Crash Representative Image (Credit: wikipedia.org)
Benghazi/Sputnik: A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Libyan Air Force crashed on Saturday during a military parade in Benghazi, the second-most populous city in the country, killing the pilot, a military source told Sputnik.
"A MiG-21 fighter jet crashed during a military parade of the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Benghazi, pilot Jamal ibn Amer was killed," the source said.
On Friday, LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari said that the planned parade on a military base of Benin in Benghazi would be the largest military parade in the history of Libya.
Journalist, researcher Mete Sohtaoğlu tweeted a video of the tragic incident.
#Libya- An LNAF MiG-21 belongs to warlord Haftar crashed near Benina as it rehearsed for an upcoming display. The pilot was killed.#LNA
— Mete Sohtaoğlu (@metesohtaoglu) May 29, 2021
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Earlier in May, an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 plane had crashed in the India's northern state of Punjab, killing the pilot, the IAF said. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when the accident happened in Langeana village of Moga.
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