Two aircraft of Indian Air Force's aerobatics team Surya Kiran crashed near the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru on Tuesday, a day before the opening of the Aero India show, a top police official said.

Both the pilots ejected to safety, additional commissioner of police (East) SeemanthKumar Singh told PTI. But TV reports said one of the pilots had died.

It was not immediately clear whether the two aircraft collided before the crash.