2 Pilot killed, and civilians injured in Hyderabad air crash

[Spitfire]

A Naval aircraft just crashed during an airshow in Hyderabad near a residential area.

The cause of the crash is being ascertained.

The ill-fated Kiran MK-II aircraft belonged to the ‘Sagar Pawan’ aerobatic team of the navy, official sources said.

It was participating in an aerobatic display at the show.

Pilot killed, 4 civilians injure

http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/disaste ... -17130.php

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... epage=true

[Richard from Rotterdam]

The BBC show some footage of the demonstration flight and subsequent crash.


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[Spitfire]

Indian Navy grounds entire fleet of Kiran aircraft

03/03/2010
Navy grounds entire fleet of Kiran aircraft
New Delhi: In the wake of today's aircrash in Hyderabad, the Indian Navy has grounded its entire fleet of Kiran aircraft.
The Navy has a fleet a 20 Kiran aircraft -- 12 Mk-I and eight Mk II aircraft -- which are based in Goa.
"As per the standard operating procedure, the aircraft will not fly till the time they are cleared by the Board of Inquiry (BOI) looking into today's mishap," Navy officials said here.
They added that if the probe team found no problems with the aircraft, the fleet would be airborne soon.
A Kiran Mk II aircraft of Navy's Goa-based Sagar Pawan Aerobatic Team (SPAT) today crashed in Hyderabad while performing at the India Aviation airshow there.

Navy officials added that one civilian and two pilots -- Commander S K Maurya and Lt Commander Rahul Nair -- were killed in the accident.

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[RobertMB]

Aircraft involved was Indian Navy / Sagar Pawan display team (unit INAS551A) HAL HJT-16 Kiran Mk2 serial IN078 (c/n unknown)

BR,

Robert