Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Sukhoi-30 Fighter Aircraft Crashes in Assam; Pilot, Co-Pilot Safe

Tezpur, Assam:  A Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft crashed today at Laokhowa in Nagaon district of Assam with both the pilot and co-pilot ejecting safely.

The Su-30 fighter aircraft, flying from Tezpur’s Salanibari Air Force station on a routine sortie, lost connection with the radar at the airforce station at around 12.30 PM and crashed thereafter, a Defence spokesman said in Tezpur.


“The aircraft had developed a technical problem and the pilot was forced to abandon the aircraft,” he said.

Both the pilots ejected safely and the aircraft crashed at Laokhowa near Tezpur.


A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, the spokesman added.



 


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