TEZPUR/NEW DELHI: The black box of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet that went missing with two pilots on board has been recovered from a dense forest in Arunachal Pradesh, two days after wreckage of the plane was sighted.
However, the fate of the crew was not yet known.
“A ground search and rescue party has reached the crash site. The black box of the aircraft has been recovered. Further search is in progress,” IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee said in Delhi.
The identity of the missing pilots has not been disclosed and the worst is feared.
The jet had gone missing shortly after taking off from Tezpur Air Force station on Tuesday on a routine training sortie and its wreckage was found on Friday in a dense forest, 60 km from Tezpur airbase. (AGENCIES)
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