India, April 3 -- An Indian Air Force pilot died and another left severely injured after a Jaguar two-seater fighter aircraft crashed during a night mission in Gujarat's Jamnagar on Wednesday.

Soon after the crash, one pilot ejected safely while the other went missing, superintendent of police Premsukh Delu had told news agency PTI at the time. The rescued pilot was immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

The fighter aircraft crashed in an open field at Suvarda village, which is located nearly 12 km from the city of Jamnagar, and caught fire.

In a statement on X, the Indian Air Force mentioned that the pilots were met with a technical malfunction and initiated ejection to avoid any harm to airfield and the local popul...