This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8546735.stm
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| India navy plane crashes at show | India navy plane crashes at show |
| (about 2 hours later) | |
| An Indian naval plane has crashed at an air show in the city of Hyderabad killing both pilots, the navy says. | An Indian naval plane has crashed at an air show in the city of Hyderabad killing both pilots, the navy says. |
| Footage showed the plane flying in formation before crashing in a densely populated area near the showground. | |
| A three-storey house was destroyed and other buildings damaged. Police have so far confirmed that four other people were injured. | |
| It is not clear what caused the crash. The Indian Aviation 2010 show opened on Wednesday and runs until Sunday. | |
| The two-seater Kiran MK-II which crashed was part of a four-plane formation. | The two-seater Kiran MK-II which crashed was part of a four-plane formation. |
| A three-storey house was destroyed | A three-storey house was destroyed |
| "In the final phase, the aircraft appears to have gone out of control. They crashed into a building and the pilots have died," navy chief Adm Nirmal Verma told reporters. | |
| The other three aircraft landed safely, the navy said. An inquiry is being ordered to find out what caused the crash, it added. | |
| A Times of India journalist, Kingshuk Nag, witnessed the crash. | |
| He told the BBC that the plane "went down in a manoeuvre, but could not come up". | |
| "One pilot tried to eject but got entangled with wires and died. The other died in the crash," he said. | |
| "Four civilians were injured, two seriously. The residential building had to be evacuated because the building developed cracks." |