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India Air Force plane crash kills all five onboard
The aircraft caught fire after impact, and the Indian Air Force said a court of inquiry is under way to determine the cause.
Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed when a transport aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in the northeastern state of Assam.
The AN-32 transport aircraft crashed near Jorhat area in Assam, and images showed wreckage of the aircraft strewn across a field.
The Indian Air Force extended its condolences to the families of those killed and said it stood with them in their grief, and a court of inquiry is being constituted to ascertain the cause of the accident.
Five Indian Air Force soldiers were killed on Saturday, June 13 after a military transport aircraft crashed while attempting to land at an air base in Jorhat district, in Assam State, north-east of the country.The aircraft involved was an Antonov AN-32, a Russian-made two-engine that continues to be used by the Indian armed forces for military transport operations.The accident occurred about 300 kilometres north-east of Dispur, the capital of As…
On Saturday morning, an An-32 military transport plane crashed outside Jorhat in the Assam region of India. Five people on board are reported to have died.