The aircraft that crashed. ANI

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 28

An IAF training aircraft on a training sortie crashed near Hyderabad on Thursday morning.The pilot, a trainee, ejected safely.

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The plane, a Kiran trainer aircraft had got airborne from Hakimpet in Hyderabad for a routine training mission when it crashed.A Court of Inquiry will ascertain the cause of the accident.