(WNAM Monitoring): A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Ravelli village of Toopran in Medak district on Monday morning, killing two pilots.
An official release from the Indian Air Force Headquarters in New Delhi confirmed that two pilots succumbed to fatal injuries. “The aircraft, a Pilatus pc-7 mark II trainer aircraft, met with an accident this morning during a routine training sortie from Air Force Academy, Hyderabad.
The Indian Air Force on Monday confirmed that two IAF pilots, one instructor and one cadet, succumbed to their fatal injuries after their Pilatus PC 7 Mk II aircraft met with an accident today morning.
While both the pilots passed away, there was no damage to any civil life or property. The air force has further launched a probe to determine the cause of the aircraft crash.
Since 2008, there have been five accidents and plane crashes involving the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer, with multiple casualties.
The Indian Air Force had purchased 78 of Pilatus-made training aircrafts to induct in the IAF, but now have canceled the order for 38 planes, replacing the same with the indigenously made HAL-HTT 40 trainer aircrafts.
