COIMBATORE, Tamil Nadu (Reuters) – The body of Indian Air Force pilot Namansh Syal, who was killed when his Tejas fighter jet crashed at the Dubai air show earlier this week, reached the Sulur Air Force Station in southern India on Sunday.
Indian Air Force personnel carried out his coffin and paid their respects by laying wreaths at his coffin.
Syal’s jet crashed in a ball of fire in front of horrified spectators during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, and the Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause.
It was the second known crash of the single-engine 4.5-generation fighter jet, which is built by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics and powered by General Electric engines. The first crash was during an exercise in India in 2024.