NEW DELHI, Nov. 22 -- An Indian Air Force pilot was killed on Friday after the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA Mk-1) he was flying crashed at the Dubai airshow on Friday, the IAF said. "An IAF Tejas aircraft met with an accident during an aerial display at Dubai Air Show, today. The pilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident. IAF deeply regrets the loss of life and stands firmly with the bereaved family in this time of grief. A court of inquiry is being constituted, to ascertain the cause of the accident," the IAF said in a statement. Images circulating on social media showed the indigenous fighter jet hitting the ground and exploding into a fireball. The development comes at a time when the IAF is looking at inducting an advanced variant of the plane, the LCA Mk-1A. This is the second LCA crash ever. Earlier, a Tejas fighter jet crashed near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on March 12, 2024, minutes after taking part in a tri-services exercise that sought to demonstrate the strides India has made towards self-reliance in the defence manufacturing sector. The pilot ejected safely then. The doomed LCA Mk-1 had flown during the tri-services Bharat Shakti exercise at the Pokhran firing range near Jaisalmer along with another Tejas fighter before it went down. IAF inducted its first Tejas aircraft in July 2016 and currently operates two Mk-1 squadrons (a squadron has 16 to 18 planes). The two aircraft that crashed were part of the Mk-1 jets inducted by IAF in the initial operational clearance (IOC) and the more advanced final operational clearance (FOC) configurations --- the first variants of LCA....