India faces international scrutiny after its Tejas fighter jet crashed, with media blaming delayed US engine supplies. Critics say this narrative hides local defense weaknesses. Analysts warn that shifting blame may harm India’s global credibility. The crash occurred during the Dubai Air Show, drawing worldwide attention. Indian commentators, including retired General Bakshi and anchor Arnab […]
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Indian fighter jet disaster sparks calls for Air Force Chief’s resignation
Dubai: An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed during an aerobatic stunt at the Dubai Airshow on Friday. The pilot was killed. The Indian Air Force confirmed the accident and announced an investigation committee to determine the cause. The jet went down at 2:10 PM local time. A video surfaced days earlier showing fuel leaking from […]
IAF trainer aircraft crashes near Chennai, pilot ejects safely
Chennai, Nov 14, 2025: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Pilatus PC-7 Mk II trainer aircraft crashed near Tambaram during a routine training mission. The pilot ejected safely, and no injuries or civilian property damage were reported. The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry to investigate the incident. The crash occurred around 2:25 pm, scattering […]
Several feared dead after two US army helicopters crash during training in Kentucky
The governor of Kentucky said on Thursday fatalities were expected after two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission over the state late on Wednesday. The status of the crew members was not immediately known, the US Army’s Fort Campbell said in a statement to Reuters, without providing the number of people who […]
Death toll in Philippines military plane crash rises to 50
Philippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote southern island Monday for the flight data boxes of an aircraft that crashed and killed 50 people in one of the country’s worst military air disasters. The C-130 Hercules transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent army graduates, when it overshot the […]
45 killed in Philippine military plane crash
At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said. Nearly a hundred people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane which was trying to land on […]
Twelve killed in Myanmar military plane crash: junta spokesman
Twelve people were killed when a Myanmar military plane crashed in a central region of the country Thursday, a spokesman for the junta said. Two people from the plane, which was carrying six crew and eight passengers, were rescued from the crash near the city of Pyin Oo Lwin, a spokesperson said in a statement […]
Swiss Moto3 rider Dupasquier hit by bike in Mugello crash
Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier was being taken to hospital after a three-bike crash that halted qualifying for the Italian motorcycling Grand Prix at Mugello on Saturday. Television images showed the 19-year-old fall and then being struck by another bike, before sliding along the track. Half an hour after the incident Dupasquier was still out […]
At least 9 children dead, 16 hurt in Philippines truck crash
MANILA: A truck carrying more than two dozen villagers, mostly ecstatic grade schoolers on their way to a school festival, lost control Friday on a downhill road and flipped on its side, leaving eight students and an adult companion dead in the central Philippines, police said. Police investigator Nelson Saquibal said 16 others, including the […]
10 dead in Dallas-area small plane crash
DALLAS: Ten people were killed when a small airplane crashed into a hangar as it was taking off from a Dallas-area airport Sunday morning, a spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas, said. Mary Rosenbleeth said no one aboard the twin-engine plane survived at the Addison Municipal Airport, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of […]