2 die as Indian Navy aircraft crashes into building
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2 die as Indian Navy aircraft crashes into building
A trainer aircraft of the Indian Navy crashed into a two-storey building during an air show which resulted into the death of two including its pilot and co-pilot and injured four others in Hyderabad today.The aircraft, an HJT-16 Kiran Mk2 trainer built by Hindustan Aeronautics, crashed a couple of minutes before noon near the old Begumpet Airport in the heart of the city. Thousands of people were enjoying the spectacle when the disaster struck, sending thick clouds of smoke into the air. The aircraft, part of the navy's aerobatics team that uses four trainers, was unable to pull up from a dive and went into a spiral as the planes were breaking away from the formation and going at different directions. According to witnesses, the plane had crashed into the mobile phone towers on top of the building. They heard a loud boom, after which the plane went down.
