Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday mourned the death of two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots in an accident involving a trainer aircraft, saying that the country will always remain indebted to the bravehearts and their families.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew in a twin-seater trainer LCA aircraft which was delivered to the Indian Air Force by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited last month.
"Today is a momentous day and a matter of pride for me to accept the first two-seater LCA aircraft. This day will go down in history as a really remarkable one that exemplifies the prowess of the Indian domestic aviation industry," Chaudhari said speaking at the ceremony.
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will hand over the first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) twin-seater trainer version aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The HTT-40, a product of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), is a home-grown creation designed to meet the training requirements of the Indian Armed Forces.
The incident occurred on Friday, August 25, near the city of Zhytomyr, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) west of Kyiv. The crews of two L-39 combat trainer aircraft collided in the sky while performing a combat mission, according to the Air Force.
Vivart Singh is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an Experimental Test Pilot with over 4,000 hours of flying. He has a rich experience of flying multiple variants of fighter, transport and trainer aircrafts.
During the course of the investigation conducted by ED, it was revealed that Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland entered into a criminal conspiracy with Sanjay Bhandari, his partner Bimal Sareen and others for obtaining the contract of supply of 75 basic trainer aircraft to Indian Air Force unde
The statement of the ministry, released on Tuesday, said the signing was done in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane along with other officials of the ministry and representatives of HAL and Larsen and Toubro were also present durin