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The mission started in the midnight hours of 3-4 May in when IAF’s military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster aircraft took off from the Hindan Air Force base.
A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in neighbouring Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district Wednesday, police said.
PTI | New Delhi | November 28, 2018 3:04 pm
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A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in neighbouring Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district Wednesday, police said.
However, the trainee pilot ejected safely.
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The aircraft which took off from Hakimpet Air Force Station crashed in an open area at around 11.45 am, they said adding that the flying cadet escaped with minor injuries on his leg.
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On November 21, a training aircraft of the city-based Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academycrashedinto an agriculture field in Mokila area near here resulting in minor injuries to the trainee pilot.
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The mission started in the midnight hours of 3-4 May in when IAF’s military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster aircraft took off from the Hindan Air Force base.
The two pilots on the Sukhoi managed to eject and were taken to the hospital in a helicopter, while the Mirage pilot lost his life.
'She was a bright student and also a basketball player. She first wished to join the Air Force after seeing the IAF personnel helping people during the Kedarnath tragedy. And, now her dream has come true,' the proud father said.
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