A file photo shows Tejas aircraft fly during the Republic Day celebration. A Tejas LCA crashed at Jaisalmer during an operational training sortie.
| Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
A Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) of the Indian Air Force crashed at Jaisalmer on March 12 during an operational training sortie.
The pilot has ejected safely. This is the first crash of the indigenous jet since it first flew 23 years ago.
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