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KARNATAKA, INDIA (RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2023 - ARCHIVE) (MUST CREDIT INDIAN PRIME MINISTRY - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY)

1. BODY OF INDIAN TEJAS FIGHTER JET

2. VARIOUS OF MODI WEARING HELMET

3. VARIOUS OF INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI PREPARING FOR FLIGHT

4. POV SHOT OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF AS MODI SIT INSIDE IT

5. TEJAS TAKING OFF

6. VARIOUS POV SHOTS OF MODI FLYING IN SKY

7. MODI WAVING HANDS TO OTHER AIRCRAFTS AROUND AS THEY FLY

8. VARIOUS OF MODI'S FLIGHT IN TEJAS

9. VARIOUS OF TEJAS DESCENDING ONTO AIRBASE AFTER FLIGHT

10. MODI SHOWING HIS THUMBS UP AFTER FLIGHT

11. MILITARY PERSONNELL APPLAUDING MODI

12. MODI POINTING AT TEJAS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AFTER FLIGHT

13. MODI WALKING IN MILITARY AIRBASE WITH BACKGROUND OF TEJAS ***FILE FOOTAGE*** - KARNATAKA, INDIA - RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2023 - ARCHIVE - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “INDIAN PRIME MINISTRY” HANDOUT —EDITORIAL USE ONLY — Footage from 2023 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a flight aboard the country’s Tejas fighter jet.

An indigenous Indian fighter jet crashed during the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, Nov. 21, killing its pilot, said a statement by the Indian Air Force (IAF).

“An IAF Tejas aircraft met with an accident during an aerial display at Dubai Air Show, today. The pilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident,” said the IAF in a statement.

“Deeply” regretting the loss of life, it said the IAF “stands firmly with the bereaved family in this time of grief.”

The IAF will “ascertain the cause of the accident,” the statement added.

Earlier, videos on social media showed the single-seater jet crashing down at the Dubai Airshow, billowing out huge smoke.

According to Indian broadcaster NDTV, the crash occurred at around 2.10 pm local time (1210GMT) before thick smoke engulfed the site at Al Maktoum International Airport.

The aircraft is developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, and the incident at Dubai Airshow marks the second crash involving a Tejas aircraft in less than two years, said the report.

Last year in March, a Tejas fighter crashed in India's western state of Rajasthan – “the first such accident in the aircraft's 23-year history since its maiden test flight in 2001,” while the pilot had ejected safely, it added.