[TigerLikesRooster]

According to update by Chosun Ilbo, Chinese believes it is MIG-21 not a helicopter. They suspect that it could have been a defection attempt.

Another photo of crash site. The tail section looks like that of old MIG model.

The location of crash site. This was apparently dated by about a hour. Its title says N. Korea helicopter crashed in China.

[Candor7]

Likely ran out of fuel. That model of Mig is a flying fuel tank, and if it had any left in it, it wouuld have burned like a blow torch.Note there is no sign of fire. The pilot pancaked it in and hit a farm hut.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Oh, no, my linked photo has changed.Chosun Ilbo replaced the original map with the new one with the new title saying that N. Korean warplane crashed, apparently, they used the same file name for the new picture.

As a result, I look like a fool because of the comment about the title.:-)

[Int]

Can we be sure those pictures are of the latest incident? Do any of the stories mention the source of the photos?

[BunnySlippers]

bump

[Int]

An update from Yonhap says: “Military experts said the plane appeared to be a MiG-15, a model widely deployed during the 1950-53 Korean War but now used mostly for training.”

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.