Date of Crash  20 May 77 Aircraft Type  MiG-21 FL
Serial Number  C-1004 Unit  1 Sqn
Pilot details Flt Lt Simhakutty Varthaman
Short Text  Engine fire followed by catastrophic disintegration of the engine, he passed out, came to with the A/C in a steep dive, could barely reach the ejection handles
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