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NutLoose
19th Feb 2019, 11:16
Sadly one dead and another two seriously injured

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iaf-s-surya-kiran-aircraft-crash-updates/story-kgOUQFgaiTeX7OHaEtFiCI.html

https://www.deccanherald.com/city/Aero-India-2019-Two-aircraft-of-Surya-Kiran-Aerobatics-Team-crash-at-Yelahanka-in-Bengaluru-719200.html

https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/visuals-mid-air-collision-aero-719204.html

NutLoose
19th Feb 2019, 11:27
Beware some of the videos online shows one of the pilots lying unmoving on the ground.

Jackonicko
20th Feb 2019, 00:33
What a tragic waste. RIP Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi (Surya Kiran 7). Let's wish Wg Cdr Vijay Shelke and Sqn Ldr Tejeshwar Singh a speedy recovery.

There is video of the contact between the two aircraft at:

One IAF pilot feared dead after two Surya Kiran jets crash in Bengaluru- The New Indian Express (http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/feb/19/two-suryakiran-aircraft-crash-after-mid-air-collision-at-bengalurus-yelahanka-airbase-1940817.html)