Guwahati, Mar 5: A search and rescue operation has been launched after an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft went missing from radar contact on Thursday evening in Assam.
According to the IAF, the aircraft had taken off from the Air Force Station in Jorhat and lost contact later in the evening.
“An IAF Su-30MKI is reported overdue. The aircraft had taken off from Jorhat, Assam, and was last in contact at 7:42 pm. Further details are being ascertained. A search and rescue mission has been initiated,” the Indian Air Force said in a statement.
Meanwhile, a defence spokesperson in Guwahati said an Air Force team has been deployed to ascertain the facts amid reports of a possible crash in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.
