India, March 6 -- In a big aviation accident for India, a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft crashed in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, as confirmed by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday. The crash was confirmed hours after the fighter aircraft was reported missing after takeoff from Assam's Jorhat on Thursday evening.

The crash took place 60 kilometers away from Jorhat and a search is underway to locate the jet, the IAF said. The crash is the latest case in a series of aviation accidents that have been witnessed in India over the past few weeks - the latest examples being an air ambulance that crashed in Jharkhand's Chatra district last month after take off from Ranchi, and the Learjet 45 aircraft that crashed in Maharashtra's Barama...