NEW DELHI: A ‘made in India’ Tejas fighter jet crashed in a ball of fire during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, killing the pilot in front of horrified spectators.
Following the incident, the Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause.
Video from the site showed black smoke rising behind a fenced airstrip, and Dubai’s government shared a photograph of firefighting teams dousing the smouldering wreckage.
This was the second known crash of the single-engine, 4.5-generation fighter jet, which is built by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. and powered by General Electric engines. The first crash came during an exercise in India in 2024.
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