Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots, who were killed in an air crash on Thursday night, belonged to Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Wing Commander M. Rana was from the Mandi area of Himachal Pradesh, and Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal was from Jammu. They were on board the unfortunate MiG 21 fighter jet when it went down late on Thursday evening in Barmer in southwest Rajasthan, close to the Pakistani border.
The aircraft was a fighter jet of Russian origin in training version. The jet’s trainer version has two pilots.
Although the two pilots’ deaths had been reported by the IAF, their photos and identities were only made public on Friday morning.
The Chenab Times News Desk