New Delhi, July 8 -- No Rafale was shot down in combat, but India had lost one jet due to technical failure, and probe into the incident is currently on, a French report quoting Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said. The report said there was no enemy engagement involved in the incident.

The incident "occurred at an altitude of over 12,000 metres during an extended training mission, with no enemy involvement or hostile radar contact," the report said.

Clarifying Pakistan's accusations that three Indian Dassault Rafales were reportedly shot down during Operation Sindoor, Trappier said these allegations were "inaccurate and unfounded".

The report, which appeared in a French website Avion De Chasse, mentioned a press confe...