New Delhi: United States Air Force (USAF) pilot Major Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester Saturday criticised the organisers of the Dubai Air Show 2025 for continuing with the schedule following the Tejas crash.

F-16 Viper Demonstration Team Commander Hiester wrote in a post on Instagram that the team chose to cancel their final performance at the air show alongside a few others “out of respect to the pilot, his colleagues and family”.

Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life as the Tejas fighter aircraft he was operating crashed Friday. Horrifying visuals from the event showed that the Tejas—indigenously built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)—was undertaking a manoeuvre at the Al Makhtoum International Airport before it plummeted into the ground and burst into flames. Syal was unable to

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