Indian air force pilots killed in crash

[Omar1984]

Indian air force pilots killed in crash

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- An air force plane crashed in southern India on Friday, killing both pilots, authorities said.

The trainer aircraft came down apparently because of an engine problem, air force spokesman T.K. Singha told CNN. The crash occurred near an air force academy in Andhra Pradesh state, he said, adding that an investigation will be conducted.


Indian air force pilots killed in crash - CNN.com

 

[Patriot]

RIP.May God Bless their souls.

 

[jeet]

Very saddening

 

[Spring Onion]

RIP .
its always sad to lose pilots like that

 

[s90]

Is it Mig-21?

 

[Mig-29]

An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane crashed in Medak, Andhra Pradesh on Friday morning.The plane was a HPT-32 trainer aircraft and had two IAF pilots on board.Nitin Jain and Chaturvedi (full name not yet known) were the training instructors at the Air Force Academy.The two pilots were on a trainee flight.Defence Minister A K Antony said on Wednesday that thirty-two MiG series aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in the last five years killing eight pilots.The plane was two kilometers from landing. The plane crashed on a barren stretch of land. There were no casualties reported on the ground."32 MiG aircraft have met with accidents during the last five years and a total of eight pilots have lost their lives in these accidents," he said while replying to a query in Rajya Sabha.






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[DeathInvader]

India should stop using out-dated trainer.....It already lacks pilots.

 

[dizzy heights]

May their souls rest in peace.