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Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 crashes in Bengaluru, pilots dead
ET Online|
Updated: Feb 01, 2019, 01.58 PM IST
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NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 has crashed at HAL airport, Bengaluru. Reports are coming in that two pilots have perished in this unfortunate incident.
The aircraft was being flown by two test pilots of the Indian Air Force. Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi and Squadron Leader Samir Abrol were taking the plane for an acceptance test flight after it had been upgraded by the HAL there. Both pilots were from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment.
A rescue operation was launched by the authorities. One of the two pilots died after managing to eject from the plane but he fell on the debris itself. The other pilot was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries, senior IAF sources told ANI.
The IAF statement states that the Mirage 2000 trainer aircraft was on an acceptance sortie after upgrade by HAL and an investigation into the cause of accident is being ordered.
The crash comes barely four days after an Indian Air Force's Jaguar fighter plane crashed in Kushinagar, UP, on January 28.
Slew of crashes
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ET Online|
Updated: Feb 01, 2019, 01.58 PM IST
12Comments
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 has crashed at HAL airport, Bengaluru. Reports are coming in that two pilots have perished in this unfortunate incident.
The aircraft was being flown by two test pilots of the Indian Air Force. Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi and Squadron Leader Samir Abrol were taking the plane for an acceptance test flight after it had been upgraded by the HAL there. Both pilots were from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment.
A rescue operation was launched by the authorities. One of the two pilots died after managing to eject from the plane but he fell on the debris itself. The other pilot was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries, senior IAF sources told ANI.
The IAF statement states that the Mirage 2000 trainer aircraft was on an acceptance sortie after upgrade by HAL and an investigation into the cause of accident is being ordered.
The crash comes barely four days after an Indian Air Force's Jaguar fighter plane crashed in Kushinagar, UP, on January 28.
Slew of crashes
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Read more at:
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