File Photo: A Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft takes off. (Photo: Press Trust of India)
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.