IAF"s HPT-32 trainer aircraft belonging to Air Force Academy of Dundigal, crash left a mangled mass of metal on the ground in the Annaram village of Medak district in Hyderabad on Friday, 31 July 2009. The mishap occurred at about 9.45 am when the HPT-32 training aircraft belonging to Air Force Academy Dundigal (located on the city"s outskirts) crashed in an open ground at Annaram village of Jinnaram Mandal near the academy. The plane HPT-32 was trainer aircraft and had two IAF pilots Ritin Jain and Chaturvedi on board, who were the training instructors at the Air Force Academy killed on the spot.

Photographer: R Balaji

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