KOLKATA: A Hawk advanced jet trainer crashed soon after take off from Air Force Station, Kalaikunda, in West Midnapore on Thursday due to a “technical snag” but both the pilots ejected safely. IAF sources said the aircraft developed a technical problem at about 1100 hours, minutes after taking off from Kalaikunda air station, where another Hawk had crashed in June last year. The crash occurred within the boundary of the air station, 138km from here, and the two pilots ejected safely, they said.
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