 "IAF Mirage fighter jet crashes at HAL airport in Bengaluru, one pilot dead")
A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at the HAL Airport here Friday killing a pilot on the spot and leaving another critically injured, police said.
"The body of one of the pilots is completely charred while the second pilot is in a serious condition," a police officer at the HAL Airport police station said.
The HAL, in a statement, said the incident occurred at 10.30 am during a sortie.
The plane went up in flames as it crashed with an explosion and thick smoke billowed from the spot, leaving passersby and residents living around the airport in a shock.
Firefighters and the ground staff at the HAL airport swung into action to douse the flames.
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