Curtains came down on Sunday on the five-day Aero India 2019, Asia’s premier show, which saw the indigenously developed light combat aircraft Tejas being given the Final Operational Clearance.
The mega event began on a sombre note on February 20 as a mid-air collision between two Surya Kiran jets of the IAF aerobatic team during rehearsals, left one pilot dead and two injured.
Following the mishap, the team was taken off the air show on the inaugural day.
However, the Surya Kiran team took to the skies on Saturday, drawing cheers from visitors as they flew in an incomplete diamond formation, known as “The Missing Man” (aerial salute), as a mark of respect to Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi, who died in the accident.
