TWO INDIAN Air Force fighter jets that had taken off from the Gwalior Air Base crashed separately at Bharatpur in Rajasthan and Morena, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday morning, killing one pilot.
Sources said there is a possibility that there was a mid-air collision between the Mirage 2000 and the Sukhoi 30 (Su-30 MKI), given that the two aircraft crashed at the same time, at sites not far from each other, but there is no official confirmation of this. A Court of Inquiry will establish the exact reason, the IAF said.
The pilot who was killed was identified as Wing Commander Hanumanth Rao Sarathi. He was in the Mirage 2000 jet that crashed at Morena. The two pilots in the Su-30 MKI, which crashed in Bharatpur, managed to eject safely.
