India's Jaguar crashes, pilot dies

An air force pilot was killed today when a Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan state

The aircraft took off from the Nal airbase near Bikaner at 16:40 hours on a live firing exercise mission and crashed at Pokharan range minutes later, PTI report said here quoting official sources.

A court of inquiry has been ordered to find out the cause of the accident.

Source : By THE IRNA -- New Delhi. -- January 18, 2007
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(19.01.2007)