Sukhoi-30 goes missing in Assam, search op launched
Silchar, March 6 -- An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft lost radar contact on Thursday evening shortly after taking off from the airbase in Assam's Jorhat, prompting a search and rescue operation for the aircraft and its two pilots, defence officials said.
The aircraft was last in contact with ground control at around 7.42 pm before it went off radar, the officials said.
"The aircraft had two pilots on board and there has been no contact with them so far. Search operations have been launched to locate the aircraft and the pilots," an IAF official said on condition of anonymity.
A defence PRO confirmed that an aircraft is currently missing and that teams have been dispatched to ascertain the situation.
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