Manoj Sinha, the lieutenant governor of J&K, expressed his grief on Friday over the loss of two IAF pilots in a fighter jet crash in Barmer, Rajasthan, late thursday.

“Deeply pained by the loss of two IAF’s Braveheart’s Wg Cdr M Rana and Flt Lt Advitiya Bal in a Mig-21 trainer crash near Barmer in Rajasthan. Flt Lt Advitiya was a budding fighter pilot from Jammu. In this moment of grief, my thoughts & prayers are with the bereaved families, ” LG Sinha said in a tweet.