An Su-30 MKI fighter jet has not returned or made contact at its expected time after taking off from the northeast Indian state of Assam at 7:42pm local time (1412 GMT), the Indian Air Force (IAF) said in an X post on Thursday.
“An IAF Su-30 MKI is reported overdue. The aircraft had taken off from Jorhat, Assam and was last in contact at 7.42pm. Further details are being ascertained. Search and rescue mission has been initiated,” the post said.
The IAF has been beset by incidents involving fighter jets in the recent past.
The Su-30 MKI jet has gone missing around 10 days after the IAF lost a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Tejas, an indigenously developed light combat aircraft, as it overshot the runway at a frontline airbase, sustaining major damage to its airframe.
Previously, in November last year, another Tejas crashed during a demonstration flight at the Dubai Air Show.
A fireball was seen immediately after the aircraft impacted the ground, with thick black smoke rising from the site of the incident, where the pilot lost his life.
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