In the fighter jet crash, the deceased pilot flying the Indian Air Force s Mirage 2000 aircraft has been identified as Wing Commander Hanumanth Rao Sarathi.
The Sukhoi Su-30 MKI involved in the crash has been India s most advanced fighter jets for the longest of the time, till IAF inducted French-made Rafale plane in the fleet.
Two Indian Air Force fighter jets - a Sukhoi Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 - have crashed in Madhya Pradesh during a training exercise, reports said on Saturday.