A Surya Kiran aircraft of the Indian Navy on Wednesday crashed into a residential area during an air show in Hyderabad. The plane crashed near the Begumpet airport here.
The aircraft was part of Indian Navy's Sagar Pawan acrobatics display.
There is no information yet on whether the crash led to any casualty in the residential area. While earlier TV reports said the pilot of the aircraft had managed to eject safely and television cameras showed the pilot ejecting from the falling plane, the Hyderabad police chief has now said the pilot had ejected but it was unlikely he survived the impact of the fall.
The plane fell into a thickly populated area and the third floor of a residential building in the area took the maximum impact of the exploding aircraft.
The HAL Kiran HJT-16 (Ray of Light) is an Indian two-seat basic jet trainer built by Hindustan Aeronautics. The Sagar Pawan is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Navy's Aviation Arm, one of the only two naval aerobatic teams in the world, the other being the Blue Angels of the US Navy.
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