Fighter jet goes missing in India

    A fighter jet with two pilots on-board has gone missing in India.

    A Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force lost contact with radar systems in the Assam's Tezpur area, near to the border with China.

    Sources have said the aircraft was on a routine training sortie when it was reported missing.

    Another Sukhoi-30 MKI jet crashed on 15 March in the Shivkar Kudla village in Rajasthan's Barmer district, which left three villagers injured.

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