Indian Air Force's trainer aircraft crashes in Karnataka, pilots eject safely

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A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in an open field at a village in the Chamarajanagar district on Thursday..

The training aircraft, which took off from the air force station in Bengaluru crashed this morning at Bhogapura village...

"A trainer aircraft of the IAF crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka today, while on a routine training sortie..

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