A Hawk trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed at Kalaikunda in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district during a training sortie on Tuesday, a Defence official said.
Both the pilots ejected safely,
he said.
The plane crashed near the Kalaikunda Air Force Station while returning from the training sortie, he said.
A court of inquiry has been constituted to find out the cause of the accident.