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Two Air Force pilots die in Mirage 2000 fighter jet crash in Bengaluru

NEW DELHI: Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed after a Mirage 2000 upgraded trainer version by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited crashed in Bengaluru on Friday morning.



Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 1

Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed after a Mirage 2000 upgraded trainer version by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited crashed in Bengaluru on Friday morning.

The plane was undergoing its acceptance trial by the IAF when both pilots ejected and one pilot crash landed in the burning wreckage.

Sources have confirmed, the second pilot died in the operation theatre.

IAF has not released the names of the pilots yet.