[chipper dave]

"since 1963, and has put about 800 into service. But 42 percent were subsequently lost due to accidents."

Holy Cr8p! I would rather go up with a handful of balloons! ;-)

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

LOL

[sukhoi-30mki]

Point one when using Strategypage for statistics-it’s the last place you should look at. The figure 250 refers to the totla number of IAF crashes, not the Mig-21 type, which would have literally killed off the fleet. But then the folks at Strategypage don’t really need much of accuracy.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/sep/11newssp.htm
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Aircraft/Current/602-MiG-Suresh.html

[tlb]

>>> “since 1963, and has put about 800 into service. But 42 percent were subsequently lost due to accidents.”

Holy Cr8p! I would rather go up with a handful of balloons! ;-)

Percentage-wise that’s a little worse then the Luftwaffe’s experience with the Lockheed F-104 Lawn Dart, but not by much.

[MediaMole]

17 of India’s 30 Harriers have crashed. 56%