Indian Air Force's Jaguar jet crashes in Sikkim
Mangan ( Sikkim) : A Jaguar jet of the Indian Air Force crashed near Mangan in Sikkim on Friday. The aircraft was reportedly on a routine sortie of the border area when it crashed. The aircraft had taken off from the Hashimara airbase on Friday morning. Both the pilots ejected from the plane and one of them has been rescued by the villagers living near the crash site. The fate of the other pilot remains unknown. No casualties have been reported yet.
" Air Jet Fly crashed today at 1:10 45 second pm. One pilot has been seen falling down with the help of parachute near Leek Village, Dzongu. 10 local people went for rescuer. And pieces of crashed jet has been found and recently one pilot flight Lt. Yogesh Kumar has been found safe..."
(Courtesy - Purvanchal Bharti facebook page)
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