Hyderabad: Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed when a trainee aircraft crashed in Andhra Pradesh’s Medak district.
The mishap took place when the HPT-32 training aircraft belonging to Air Force Academy Dundigal crashed in an open ground at Annaram village of Jinnaram Mandal near the academy, police said.
The aircraft which took off from the Dundigal academy at 9 am crashed while landing at the academy at about 9.45 am.
Two IAF pilots Ritin Jain and Chaturvedi were killed on the spot.
However, the exact cause of the crash is yet to be known.
Meanwhile, senior IAF officials have rushed to the spot and were looking into the matter.
—Agencies