A Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force. File photo
Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 23
A Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force is missing since 11 am on Tuesday. Two pilots are in the jet which had taken off from Tezpur in Assam.
The aircraft had got airborne from Tezpur around 10:30 am on a routine training mission. It lost radar and radio contact approximately 60 Km north of Tezpur towards Arunachal Pradesh.
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“The aircraft is overdue and actions have been initiated,” IAF sources said.
The Sukhoi, a twin-engined aircraft, is of Russian origin and is considered a stable aircraft.
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