Guwahati, March 6 Two pilots were killed in the crash of a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, the Indian Air Force said here on Friday.
The jet, which was on a training mission, crashed approximately 60 km from the Jorhat air base, from where it had taken off on Thursday evening.
"The IAF acknowledges the loss of Squadron Leader Anuj and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, who sustained fatal injuries in the Su-30 crash. All personnel of the IAF express sincere condolences and stand firmly with the bereaved family in this time of grief," the IAF said in a post on X.
A defence spokesperson in Guwahati said that the wreckage of the aircraft was located early on Friday.
The IAF search and rescue team, assisted by civil and police administration and villagers, had trekked to the site and located the wreckage around 1 am, the official told