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WGEwald, the thing that looked like a flameout was IMHO reflection of the sun off the fuselage. to me it looked as if the elevator got stuck in the up position, pushing the nose down. so either a failure of actuators or the FBW system. thx.

yup, so I have heard. still no figures though. do you have sources that talk of actual numbers ? thx.

nimo, the impact of media outrage at crashes on IAF accident rate is well known by all informed members. there's no need to broadcast your lack of information on the subject by ill advised flames. fighters of the mig-21 generation have had a very high accident rate whichever air force they were...

nimo_cn, it's actually the reverse, even a few years back, when phone cameras and camcorders had not proliferated all over the country, the chinese military did not report *any* crashes. this is possible only if a) the air force did not fly at all or b) the state owned media hid all such...