Tejas fighter jet crash: Deeply saddened by loss of courageous IAF pilot during at Dubai Air Show, says HAL

State-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the shaper of Tejas aircraft, connected Friday (November 21, 2025) said it was profoundly saddened by the nonaccomplishment of beingness of the "courageous IAF pilot" during the aerial show astatine the Dubai Air Show.

The aviator has been identified arsenic Wing Commander Namansh Syal.

He was killed connected Friday aft the indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas, crashed successful a shot of fire during the aerial show astatine the Dubai Air Show.

It was the 2nd clip successful 20 months that the craft manufactured by HAL was progressive successful a crash. The earlier mishap occurred successful Jaisalmer successful Rajasthan successful March past year, but the aviator ejected safely.

"HAL is profoundly saddened by the nonaccomplishment of the courageous IAF aviator during the aerial show astatine the Dubai Air Show. HAL expresses its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. @IAF_MCC @SpokespersonMoD @DefProdnIndia," HAL posted connected X.

As the clang wrong the grounds of an airfield successful Dubai formed a tragic shadiness connected an different mega spectacle connected the past time of the lawsuit successful the godforsaken city, visuals of the mishap aired connected TV channels showed the pitchy abruptly dropping tallness aft what looked similar a low-altitude manoeuvre and past nosedived into the crushed successful a substance of seconds earlier being engulfed successful a shot of fire.

Black fume billowed implicit the Al Maktoum International Airport astatine Dubai World Central, arsenic horrified spectators, including women and children, seated astatine a grandstand country down a fenced airstrip, watched successful shock.

The task to physique the Tejas craft yet took disconnected successful 1984 aft years of deliberations, and the pitchy was formally declared acceptable to alert successful 2011.

The IAF trial unit person been progressive with the Tejas task close from the conceptual signifier till prototype testing. The archetypal mentation of the craft was inducted into the IAF successful 2016.

In February 2021, the Defence Ministry sealed a ₹48,000 crore woody with HAL for the procurement of 83 Tejas MK-1A jets for the IAF.

In November 2023, the ministry had accorded an archetypal support to procure an further batch of 97 Tejas jets for the IAF.