A Sukhoi-30 jet with two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots on board has gone missing on Tuesday today near India-China border. According to initial reports, the radar had lost contacts contact was lost 60 Km North of Tezpur in Assam. The aircraft was on a routine training mission. </s> New Delhi: A Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday went missing after it lost contact with radar in Assam’s Tezpur area, near China border. Search operations are on.

As per sources, the plane took off around 9:30 am and went missing near Doulasang area of Arunachal Pradesh, which is a border area adjoining China.

The last contact was made around 11:30 am when the aircraft was nearly 60 km north of Tezpur in Assam. Two pilots were onboard the plane, sources said.

Meanwhile, in March this year, a Sukhoi-30 MKI jet had crashed in Shivkar Kudla village in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, leaving three villagers injured. </s> The Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30 MKI with two pilots onboard has lost contact gone missing along the Assam-ArunachalPradesh border. The fighter jet went missing soon after getting airborne from Tezpur. Initial reports suggested that radio and radar contact was lost 60 kilometers north of Tezpur.

Two pilots were onboard the fighter jet when it took off for a training flight along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The last contact is said to have been at 11.30 AM in Lakhimpur. The Sukhoi-30 took off for a training flight this morning at around 9.30 AM.

In March earlier this year, a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Shivkar Kudla village in Rajasthan's Barmer district. While the pilots ejected safely, three villagers were injured. </s> IAF sources said, Sukhoi-30 aircraft on a routine training mission went missing, lost on radar 60 Km north of Tezpur.

Tezpur: A Sukhoi-30 jet with two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots on board went missing from from North of Tejpur in Assam near India-China border on Tuesday.

The aircraft was on a routine training mission when it was reported missing. It lost radar 60 km North of Tezpur, ANI quoted its sources in the IAF as saying.

A massive search operation has also been launched to track down the missing aircraft. </s> Tezpur: A Sukhoi-30 jet with two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots on board went missing from from North of Tejpur in Assam near India-China border on Tuesday.

The aircraft was on a routine training mission when it was reported missing. It lost radar 60 km North of Tezpur, ANI quoted its sources in the IAF as saying.

A massive search operation has also been launched to track down the missing aircraft. </s> Guwahati: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30 fighter jet with two pilots on board went missing from near the Indo-China border in Assam on Tuesday morning.

The Sukhoi took off from the IAF Tezpur air base, located only about 400 km from Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, on a routine training mission.

"A Sukhoi-30 aircraft airborne from Tezpur today on a routine training mission lost radar and radio contact approximately 60 km from north of Tezpur town in Assam," said Tezpur-based Defence PRO Lt. Col. Sombit Ghosh.

"The aircraft is over due and actions have been initiated," he said.

Official sources said the aircraft took off at 9.30 a.m. from Tezpur air base but lost radar and radio contact nearly two hours later near in Arunachal Pradesh's Doulasang area, a border area adjoining China, 60 km north of Tezpur.

Tezpur Air force station is located 172 km from the China border.

Tezpur is one of the three air bases of the IAF in the country that hosts the Sukhoi.

Last year one Sukhoi 30 MKI crashed near Nagaon town of Assam while on a routine sortie. While the two pilots ejected before crash, the crash led to splinter injuries to some locals in the area. </s> New Delhi, June 11: The wreckage of the Indian Air Force's missing AN-32 transport aircraft has been found in Arunachal Pradesh, almost a week after it went missing.

The wreckage has been found in Payum Circle of Siang district. It was spotted by a Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force.

The IAF has confirmed that wreckage of the missing AN-32 was spotted north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh.

"Efforts are now continuing to establish the status of occupants and establish survivors. Further details will be communicated as the recovery actions progress," it added.

The Russian-origin AN-32 aircraft with 13 people on board lost contact on June 3 afternoon after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka advanced landing ground near the border with China.

IAF had launched a massive search operation hours after the aircraft went missing. The assets deployed for the operation included Sukhoi-30 aircraft in addition to a fleet of C-130J and AN-32 planes and Mi-17 and ALH helicopters. The ground forces included troops from the Army, Indo Tibetan Border Police and state police. </s> An IAF’s Sukhoi SU-30 has gone missing near the India-China border after taking off from Tezpur airbase in Assam. Photo: AFP

New Delhi: An Indian fighter jet has gone missing near the India-China border after taking off from an air force base in northeastern India, according to an Indian Air Force official.

The Sukhoi SU-30 aircraft had taken off on a routine training mission when radar and radio contact was lost roughly 60 kilometers north of an air force base in Tezpur, the official said, declining to be named. Contact has yet to be established with the aircraft, this person said.

India and China have tense bilateral relations, despite a $70 billion trading relationship. Beijing has invested heavily in Pakistan, India’s nuclear-armed rival, including in the disputed Pakistan-controlled region of Kashmir (PoK), which is claimed by India.

China and India also have a border dispute in northeast India, with China claiming all of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh where contact was lost with fighter jet.

India accuses China of occupying 38,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) in Jammu and Kashmir, while Beijing lays claim to 90,000 square kilometers of land in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Roughly one-third of India’s 650-strong air force fleet is more than 40 years old and are set to be phased out over the next decade. The air force currently has only 25 active squadrons, compared to the 45 squadrons it estimates would be required to defend against a joint attack from Pakistan and China.

The Indian Air Force’s rapidly-aging Soviet-era fleet threatens to hamper New Delhi’s ability to counter potential threats from Beijing and Islamabad. Bloomberg </s> An Indian Air Force transport aircraft has gone missing after taking off from an airbase in Assam. The last contact with the aircraft -- an Antonov An-32 military transport aircraft -- was at around 1pm today. 13 people were onboard the plane, including eight crew members and five passengers.

The Indian Air Force has deployed all available resources, including Sukhoi Su-30 combat fighter jets and C-130 Hercules special operations aircraft, to locate the aircraft.

Troops in the ground too have fanned out to hunt for the missing An-32.

In a tweet posted a few hours after the An-32 went missing, the Indian Air Force said that search operations for the missing plane will continue into the night.

The Air Force said some reports were recieved of the sighting of a possible crash site. However, those reports did not turn out to be true.

IAF is coordinating with Indian Army, various government and civil agencies to locate the missing aircraft. Search operations will continue from air and by ground parties of Indian Army through the night. 4/4 Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) June 3, 2019

The Antonov An-32 had taken off from Jorhat in Assam and was heading to the Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground, located in Mechuka Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.

The plane lost contact around 35 minutes after taking off.

The Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground is located near the China border.

The Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh (click to zoom)

In July 2016, Indian Air Force An-32 transport aircraft disappeared over the Bay of Bengal with 29 people onboard. The plane had taken off from an airbase in Chennai and was headed to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Radar contact with the plane was lost around an hour after the An-32 took off from the Tambaram Air Force Station, Chennai.

Following the disappearance, the Indian Air Force launched what later became India's largest search operation for a missing plane over the sea. However, the aircraft was never found and search operations were called off on September 2016.

The plane was presumed to have crashed and all the people onboard were presumed dead.
An Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 goes missing near the border with China and is presumed to have crashed along with its two pilots.