24 November,2025 08:43 AM IST | Coimbatore | Agencies
Family of IAF Wing Commander during the last rites. PIC/PTI
The mortal remains of Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who was killed during an aerial display at the Dubai Air show, were flown to his ancestral home in Himachal Pradesh, after a brief halt at the Air Force base near here, the IAF said.
Syal was killed on November 21 after the indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas, crashed during the aerial display. On Sunday, the mortal remains were brought to Sulur Air Force Base in Tamil Nadu and they were received with full military honours.
"The Indian Air Force undertook the solemn repatriation of the mortal remains of Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who sustained fatal injuries in an accident during the aerial display at the Dubai Air Show 2025," the IAF said in an update on Sunday.
An IAF C-130 aircraft was engaged in carrying the mortal remains of Syal, to the Indian Air Force, Southern Air Command. It was received with full military honours, IAF said. IAF said the mortal remains were flown back to his ancestral home in Himachal Pradesh for the last rite after a dignified ceremony (in Sulur).
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