BANGALORE — A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed here yesterday, but its two pilots managed to eject out of the cockpit and are safe, an IAF spokesperson said here. The trainer jet was on a routine sortie from the Airforce Systems and Training Establishment here when it crashed in a southwestern Bangalore suburb and caught fire. A technical fault is suspected to have caused the crash.
"Both the pilots — Squadron Leader Papat and Squadron Leader Deepak — jumped out in the nick of time before the aircraft hit the ground. The pilots have been rushed to the air force command hospital for treatment of injuries," the spokesperson said. |