New Delhi, July 9 -- A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Bhanuda village in Rajasthan's Churu district on Wednesday, 9 July.

Rescue teams were immediately rushed to the IAF jet crash site, and emergency protocols have been activated.

Defence sources confirmed the incident to ANI and said further details - including the condition of the pilot and the cause of the IAF plane crash in Churu - are awaited. Authorities are currently conducting an investigation.

Some reports suggest that the pilot of the Jaguar fighter aircraft may have died in the crash. Mint could not verify if the pilot survived.

The IAF plane crashed in an agriculture field in Bhanoda village around 1.25 pm on 9 July, SHO Rajaldesar Kamle...