Two Surya Kiran aircraft crash during practice at Aero India in Bengaluru, one pilot dead
Chethan Kumar | TNN | Updated: Feb 19, 2019, 14:34 ISTHighlights
- Two Surya Kiran aircraft (Hawks) crashed during a practice sortie in Bengaluru.
- One pilot succumbed to injuries, two others are safe.
- The Surya Kiran aerobatic team has been an eye catcher at multiple Aero India shows
Scene from the site of the crash (Image courtesy: ANI)
BENGALURU: Two Surya Kiran aircraft (Hawks) of the IAF crashed during a practice sortie near the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru on Tuesday, a day before the opening of the Aero India show.
"One pilot has succumbed to injuries in the Surya Kiran jet crash, two others are safe," a police official said.
A civilian was also injured in the mishap, police said.
"I'm aware of it (incident)," defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, but did not elaborate further when asked about the accident.
Surya Kiran aerobatic team has been an eye catcher at multiple Aero India shows and has recently upgraded to the Hawk from Kiran aircraft.
The team flew in complete formation just on Monday and all parameters of the flights were reported to be normal.
On Tuesday, the team again took off for morning sorties with the Aero India inaugural scheduled for Wednesday when two aircraft collided with each other in the airspace near Nitte Meenakshi Engineering College.
(With inputs from PTI)
"One pilot has succumbed to injuries in the Surya Kiran jet crash, two others are safe," a police official said.
A civilian was also injured in the mishap, police said.
"I'm aware of it (incident)," defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, but did not elaborate further when asked about the accident.
Surya Kiran aerobatic team has been an eye catcher at multiple Aero India shows and has recently upgraded to the Hawk from Kiran aircraft.
Bengaluru: Two #SuryaKiran jets collide during Aero show rehearsal https://t.co/UNPFxvnkB5
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1550560890000The team flew in complete formation just on Monday and all parameters of the flights were reported to be normal.
On Tuesday, the team again took off for morning sorties with the Aero India inaugural scheduled for Wednesday when two aircraft collided with each other in the airspace near Nitte Meenakshi Engineering College.
(With inputs from PTI)
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