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MiG crashes, pilot killed

TEZPUR (Assam), FEB. 23. An Indian Air Force MiG 21 today crashed into a house killing the pilot, Squadron Leader Y.M. Ram, and injuring a minor girl in a remote village in Assam's Sonitpur district.

The aircraft, which was on a routine training exercise, burst into flames in mid-air and nose-dived into the residence of one Mr. Abul Mirdha in Bargang village, an IAF spokesman said. - PTI

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