IAF to conduct trial of landing facility on South Kashmir’s highway
Elaborate security and safety arrangements have been made by the authorities who have deployed mobile radars, CCTVs and other sophisticated equipment for the smooth trial.
The Sukhoi-30 jet with two Indian Air Force pilots that went missing on Tuesday is still untraceable. The search-cum-rescue operation for the missing fighter jet got halted due to bad weather, it is learnt.
In a statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry said, “No information on missing Indian fighter jet near Sino-India border in Assam.”
The fighter jet that took off from the IAF’s Tezpur air base, 172 km from Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, was on a routine training mission.
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According to a statement issued by the IAF, the jet was a part of a two-aircraft formation, and lost radar and radio contact with the controlling station at around 11.10 a.m.
Tezpur is one of the three air bases of the IAF in the country that hosts the Sukhoi.
Last year one Sukhoi 30 MKI crashed near Nagaon town of Assam during a routine sortie. While the two pilots ejected before crash, the crash had led to splinter injuries to some locals in the area.
(With inputs from agencies)
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