VASCO
Commander Nishant Singh, a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy, was laid to rest with full military honours at the Naval Airbase INS Hansa at Dabolim on Friday.
Commander Singh did not survive the Mig-29K crash off Goa on November 26. His wife, Nayaab Randhawa, received the tricolour and her husband’s uniform from the Commanding Officer of the squadron.
The son of a naval officer, Commander Singh was a Qualified Flying Instructor adept on Kiran, Hawk and Mig-29K fighter aircraft.
“The Indian Navy has lost one of its most accomplished aviators in Cdr Nishant as he had also received advanced strike training with the US Navy,” stated a Navy press note.
The officer was also a qualified mountaineer as well as a skilled yachtsman.
