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Pilots die as plane crashes at Bengaluru's HAL Airport

Two pilots were killed as a Mirage 2000 fighter jet on a test sortie crashed at the HAL Airport here on Friday morning. Though both the pilots ejected before the crash, Sqn Ldr Siddarth Negi was killed when he landed in the wreckage of the aircraft. SqLdr Sameer Abrol, who was rushed to the hospital, died at the hospital.

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An eye witness, Brijesh, who runs a carpentry outlet close to the airport Wall, said he and many others in the neighbourhood saw the aircraft catch fire in the air.

More visuals from the HAL airport. Two pilots were killed as Mirage 2000 trainer fighter aircraft of HAL crashed at 10.30 a.m. on Friday. | #DH_Photos by @DarshanDevaiahB.https://t.co/rekvxYI9Sj pic.twitter.com/JJfk5DIHjL

— Deccan Herald (@DeccanHerald) February 1, 2019

Mirage 2000 crash in Bengaluru - Visuals

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