Two Indian pilots die in Mirage crash

Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed yesterday when their French-built Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed minutes after take-off. The single-engine jet fighter aircraft manufactured by Dassault Aviation was on a test flight after an upgrade carried out by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). India had signed a $2.4 billion deal with France in 2011 to upgrade 51 Mirage 2000 fighters.