India's Jaguar crashes, pilot dies
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Jan 18, IRNA
India-Jaguar-Crash
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.
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