The Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30, carrying two pilots, and a French-built Mirage 2000, operated by a third, were on a routine operational flying training mission from the Gwalior airbase about 50km from where they came down
“:”Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed in mid-air on Saturday, killing one pilot, in an apparent mid-air collision while on military exercises south of the capital New Delhi. The collision involved a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30, carrying two pilots, and a French-built Mirage 2000, operated by a third. Both aircraft had taken off in the morning from the Gwalior airbase, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of where they came down. “The aircraft were on routine operational flying training mission,” the country’s air force said in a statement, adding that one of the three pilots had sustained fatal injuries. An investigation was under way to determine the cause of the crash, it added. Police officer Dharmender Gaur said from the scene of the crash that another pilot had been found alive but injured in the forests of Padargarh around 300 kilometres (185 miles).
