Keralite Among Two Pilots in Missing Sukhoi-30 Fighter Aircraft
2017/05/25
New Delhi: One of the two pilots in the missing Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force is a Malayali, say reports. Flight Lieutenant Achu Dev, 25, is hailing from Panniyoorkulam at Pantheerankavu in Kozhikode district. The other pilot is a North Indian.
PAF jet crashes while on routine training near Mianwali
2017/05/25
"PAF reports with regret that a PAF F-7PG aircraft, while on a routine operational training mission, crashed near Mianwali. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely," the statement read.
Parachutes Spotted Near Sukhoi Crash Site During Search for 2 IAF Pilots
2017/05/27
The Indian Army's Cheetah helicopters, which were deployed in the search operation, reported sighting parachutes in the same area, giving hope that the pilots may have self-ejected before the crash. The identity of the pilots was yet to be disclosed.
Su-30 crash: Pilot’s blood stained shoe, other belongings found
Guwahati, May 30 (IANS)
Search and rescue teams on Tuesday found a blood stained shoe, half-burnt PAN card and a wallet of one of the two pilots of the IAF’s Sukhoi-30 fighter jet that crashed near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border last week, officials said.