In a heartbreaking revelation, it has been reported that the father of Wing Commander Naman Syal learnt about the tragedy while scrolling through YouTube for videos of his son in action
Jagan Nath Syal, the father of Wing Commander Naman Syal, a retired school principal from Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, said he panicked when he saw news scrolls of an LCA Tejas having crashed at Dubai Airshow 2025. His immediate reaction was to try and get in touch with his daughter-in-law via phone, he told a daily. While he could not get her on the line, a bunch of Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel showed up at his doorsteps and he knew it was bad news, he added.
It was the late Wing Commander himself who had asked his father how and when to catch him in action. The senior citizen said that N

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