2 IAF planes performing aerobatics crash, pilots eject safely

February 19, 2019 13:00

Update: Two IAF Surya Kiran aircraft part of an aerobatics team crashed at the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru while rehearsing for the Aero India air show tomorrow. A video of the incident shows the two aircraft going into a tailspin and as the person shooting the video exclaims in horror, both the planes drop out of sight and crash. While reports say they crashed into each other, no confirmations yet on how that happened. Both pilots are believed to have ejected safely. Bengaluru police says, "One civilian has been hurt. Both pilots have ejected, the debris has fallen near the ISRO layout, Yelahanka new town area."

More details awaited.

Image: A video grab of the wreckage of the Surya Kiran planes on fire.

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