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Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter crashes in Bangalore

The crash left 1 pilot dead and 1 crictically injured

PTI Bangalore Published 01.02.19, 07:16 AM
A Mirage 2000 aircraft. This is not the jet that crashed, but a representational image.

A Mirage 2000 aircraft. This is not the jet that crashed, but a representational image. (Wikipedia)

A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at the HAL Airport here Friday killing a pilot on the spot and leaving another critically injured, police said.

'The body of one of the pilots is completely charred while the second pilot is in a serious condition,' a police officer at the HAL Airport police station said.

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The HAL, in a statement, said the incident occurred at 10.30 am during a sortie.

The plane went up in flames as it crashed with an explosion and thick smoke billowed from the spot, leaving passersby and residents living around the airport in a shock.

Firefighters and the ground staff at the HAL airport swung into action to douse the flames.

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