{"id":28325,"date":"2025-11-21T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28325"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:04:02","slug":"indian-jet-crash-kills-pilot-at-dubai-airshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28325","title":{"rendered":"Indian jet crash kills pilot at Dubai Airshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>An indigenous Indian fighter jet crashed during the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, killing its pilot, said a statement by the Indian Air Force (IAF).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An IAF Tejas aircraft met with an accident during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show today. The pilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident,\u201d said the IAF in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeeply regretting the loss of life, it said, the IAF \u201cstands firmly with the bereaved family in this time of grief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IAF will \u201cascertain the cause of the accident,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, videos on social media showed the single-seater jet crashing down at the Dubai Airshow, billowing out huge amounts of smoke. According to Indian broadcaster NDTV, the crash occurred at around 2.10 pm local time before thick smoke engulfed the site at Al Maktoum International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft is\u00a0developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, and the incident at Dubai Airshow marks the second crash involving a Tejas aircraft in less than two years, said the report.<\/p>\n<p>Last year in March, a Tejas fighter crashed in India&#8217;s western state of Rajasthan \u2013 \u201cthe first such accident in the aircraft&#8217;s 23-year history since its maiden test flight in 2001,\u201d while the pilot had ejected safely, it added.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An indigenous Indian fighter jet crashed during the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, killing its pilot, said a statement by the Indian Air Force (IAF). &#8220;An IAF Tejas aircraft met with an accident during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show today. The pilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}