2:50 PM LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT TEJAS LOSES CONTROL; NOSEDIVES AT 2: 10 PM AS REPORTED AT DUBAI AIR SHOW
3:45 PM LOSS OF LIFE OF PILOT REPORTED AND CONFIRMED BY INDIAN AIR FORCE
INVESTIGATION ON BY DUBAI AUTHORITIES
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM DUBAI AUTHORITIES AWAITED
3:56 PM TEJAS WAS PERFORMING LOW ALTITUDE MANEUVERS AND NOSEDIVED
4:00 PM AIRCRAFT COULD NOT LIFT UP LEADING TO MISHAP
4:06 PM EMIRATES REPORTER STANDS FIRMLY WITH THE FAMILY OF PILOT IN THIS HOUR OF GRIEF
EMIRATES REPORTER TEAM HAD GONE TO REPORT THE AIR SHOW WERE AT THE ENTRY POINT BUT HAD TO RETURN DUE TO NO ENTRY AT THAT TIME
IT TOOK JUST 7 SECONDS FOR THE TEJAS AIRCRAFT TO NOSEDIVE & CRASH LEADING TO MISHAP AND LOSS OF PILOT’S LIFE
4:45 PM PRELIM REPORT EXPECTED TO BE OUT IN 72 HOURS; COURT OF INQUIRY ORDERED
4:54 PM AUTHORITIES SAY THE CAUSE OF CRASH IS STILL UNCLEAR; REASONS WILL BE KNOWN AFTER INVESTIGATION; IT COULD BE HUMAN ERROR OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION
