Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 22 (ANI): A Tejas fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show, resulting in the tragic death of the pilot. Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor (Retd) said the incident has "shaken up the whole system" and said that a court of inquiry will investigate possible mechanical or technical causes.

Speaking to ANI, Sanjeev Kapoor said, "The ill-fated Tejas crash a little while ago in Dubai has actually shaken up the whole system... The reasons could be mechanical. The reason could be the malfunction of fly-by-wire or any control surface. The sabotage angle would also be looked at by the court of inquiry team. The FDR and CVR would be extracted... At this stage, to speculate and to say what could have gone wrong

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