In another similar incident, a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) crashed, prompting intensive probes and broad-based technical checks across the fleet. In another similar incident, a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) crashed, prompting intensive probes and broad-based technical checks across the fleet. However, there was no harm to the pilot who ejected safely and escaped without serious injury. Earlier incidentsThis is not the first incident, but the third Tejas aircraft crashed since induction into the IAF. The second incident took place during an aerobatic display at the Dubai Airshow last year in November, but in this incident, the pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, was killed after sustaining injuries.


Source:   dna
February 22, 2026 17:35 UTC