New Delhi: A Jaguar jet of the Indian Air Force crashed near Mangan in Sikkim on Friday. The aircraft was reportedly on a routine sortie of the border area when it crashed.
The aircraft had taken off from the Hashimara airbase on Friday morning. Both the pilots ejected from the plane and one of them was rescued by the villagers living near the crash site.
The fate of the other pilot remained unknown. No casualties were reported.
According to eyewitnesses, there was a loud bang before the pilot bailed out. Local people reached the crash site at around 3:00 pm and took the injured pilot to a school at Lik, Colonel Gurung of 27 Mountain Division stationed in North Sikkim said....
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