New Delhi / Wife of Squadron Leader, martyred in jet crash, to join Air Force

Garima Abrol, the wife of late Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Samir Abrol who died in a Mirage crash earlier this year, has cleared the Services Selection Board (SSB) in Varanasi and may soon be eligible to join the forces.

According to ANI, Garima Abrol has cleared Services Selection Board from Varanasi and may get an opportunity to join IAF's academy in Dundigal in Telangana.

In February 2019, Squadron Leaders Samir Abrol and Siddartha Negi died when a Mirage 2000 trainer aircraft crashed in Bengaluru.

In the days following the heartbreaking accident, Garimal Abrol wrote a moving post on social media slamming IAF authorities for using "outdated" equipment to risk the lives of its personnel.

The two pilots were conducting an acceptance sortie of the Mirage-2000 trainer, which had been newly upgraded by state-run aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, when it crashed on February 1.

Though the pilots made a bid to eject, they were caught in the flames as the plane crashed with a huge explosion.

HAL regretted the incident and expressed condolence to the family of the two pilots. Negi was a native of Dehradun in Uttarakhand while Abrol was from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.