The two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots who died yesterday while taking out the upgraded Mirage 2000 on an acceptance sortie at HAL Airport runway had very little time to chose between their lives and the lives of hundreds of others on the ground.
And both Squadron Leader Samir Abrol and Siddhartha Negi did what the soldiers of the Indian armed forces are known to do-to sacrifice themselves for the lives of the people.
The duo had microseconds to decide whether to fly an aircraft on fire or eject out. They could have ejected out at a higher altitude but it would have left the aircraft gaining height further and get crashed in area thickly populated area ahead of the runaway.
The IAF official who was an eye witness to the whole accident saw the aircraft’s tyre wobbling and come off and the metal edge hitting the runway.
02/02/19 Maninder Dabas/India Times
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And both Squadron Leader Samir Abrol and Siddhartha Negi did what the soldiers of the Indian armed forces are known to do-to sacrifice themselves for the lives of the people.
The duo had microseconds to decide whether to fly an aircraft on fire or eject out. They could have ejected out at a higher altitude but it would have left the aircraft gaining height further and get crashed in area thickly populated area ahead of the runaway.
The IAF official who was an eye witness to the whole accident saw the aircraft’s tyre wobbling and come off and the metal edge hitting the runway.
02/02/19 Maninder Dabas/India Times
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