The aircraft had taken off from the Tezpur air base “on a routine mission”, the official said.
“After take off, the aircraft had developed a technical snag and the pilot was forced to abandon the aircraft. Both the pilots ejected. The ejection was safe and the aircraft crashed at 1230 hours…in a thick forest near Tezpur.
“A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident,” Group Captain Amit Mahajan, the defence ministry PRO in Shillong, said in a statement