Two IAF pilots were killed after Microlight Virus SW-80 crashed in Majuli district in Assam

The accident took place around 12:30 pm when the aircraft, which had just the two pilots, crashed at Sumoipari.

Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed after Microlight Virus SW-80 crashed in Majuli district in Assam.

Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed on Thursday after a microlight aircraft they were flying in crashed at Majuli district in Assam.

The accident took place around 12:30pm when Microlight Virus SW-80, which had just the two pilots, crashed at Sumoimari, an isolated location on the world’s largest river island.

The deceased were identified as Wing Commanders Jai Paul James and T Vats. The aircraft had taken off from Jorhat air force station around noon on a routine border sortie.

“We got information around 1:00 pm from IAF than one of their aircraft had gone off the radar. Locals near Sumoipari informed about the crash. A police team has reached the spot and investigations are on,” Majuli deputy commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha said.





District officials quoting eyewitnesses said that the two-seater aircraft crashed with the big noise. A court of inquiry has been set up to investigate the cause of the accident.