A Sukhoi-30 jet with two Air Force Pilots on board went missing this morning near Tezpur in Assam while on a routine sortie near the border with China, Air Force sources have said.
They said the plane took off around 9:30 am and went missing near the Doulasang area of Arunachal Pradesh, which is a border area adjoining China. The last contact was with the pilots was around 11:30 am when the aircraft was nearly 60 km north of Tezpur.
The Tezpur Air Force station is located 172 km from the China border.
In March this year, a Sukhoi-30 aircraft had crashed near an air base in Rajasthan’s Barmer. Both pilots had ejected to safety.
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