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A Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft today crashed 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 p.m. and crashed thereafter, a Defence spokesman said here.
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 here.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, the spokesman added.
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