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NEW DELHI: An Air Force Tejas combatant pitchy crashed during an aerobatic show astatine the Dubai Airshow connected Friday, sidesplitting the pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal. The single-engine Tejas Mark-1 plunged consecutive into the crushed during a low-altitude demonstration, erupting into flames and scattering debris crossed the venue.
The craft reportedly failed to retrieve from a negative-G crook earlier crashing astatine astir 2:10 p.m. section clip astatine Al Maktoum International Airport.Moments earlier the amusement began, a video present wide circulated online captured the ill-fated aviator interacting with defence officials. Syal, a nonmigratory of Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, appeared calm, smilingly gathering officials and prepared earlier the sortie that turned fatal.
This is the 2nd clang involving the lightweight, multi-role Tejas fighter—manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics and powered by a GE-F404 turbofan engine—since its induction into the IAF a decennary ago. In the earlier clang adjacent Jaisalmer connected March 12 past year, the aviator had managed to eject safely portion returning from the Bharat Shakti subject workout astatine Pokhran. Wing Commander Syal, an experienced combatant pilot, was not arsenic fortunate.
