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| Date: | Friday 21 November 2025 |
| Time: | c 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  HAL Tejas LCA Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | LA-5026 |
| MSN: | SP-30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW), Jebel Ali -
 United Arab Emirates
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW) |
| Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A HAL Tejas crashed at Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW), Jebel Ali, during the Dubai Air Show.
The pilot perished and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/fighter-plane-crashes-at-dubai-airshow-1.500355298
https://apnews.com/article/dubai-air-show-plane-crash-9df3d47f6220c7772a1d24762b0e2836
https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13473492
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/609715/LA-5026
https://weibo.com/7989879461/QeTEmbjSd
Location
Media:
Tejas final demo leading to the crash at Dubai Airshow.
byu/DMM253 inaviation
can someone explain what went wrong this time ??@alpha_defense @Firezstarter1 @IXGguy pic.twitter.com/xfLMqV3ZNz
— sierra🇮🇳 (@sierraoperator) November 22, 2025
🔴 Aucune éjection visible du pilote.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) November 21, 2025
Plus d’infos à venir. pic.twitter.com/XmViZbghtc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Nov-2025 10:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Nov-2025 11:28 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 11:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Country, Embed code, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 11:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 11:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 11:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 11:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 12:10 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 13:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 13:22 | Nebo | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 21:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Nov-2025 10:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Nov-2025 20:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 25-Nov-2025 16:37 | Anon. | Updated [Category, ] |
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