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Jaguar crash: Second pilot's body found

April 04, 2004 15:50 IST

Search teams on Sunday recovered the body of Flight Lt Mayank Mayur from the wreckage of the Jaguar fighter aircraft, which had crashed near Sonmarg, 60km from Srinagar.

The teams continued salvage operations in the area to recover the flight data recorder of the second Jaguar to ascertain the cause of the crash, IAF sources said in Delhi.

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The two warplanes had gone missing in bad weather on Friday and the wreckage and the body of Flight Lt Gagan Oberoi was found on Saturday in inhospitable mountainous terrain at an altitude of 4,000metres. The flight data recorder of one of the jets was also found on Saturday.

According to IAF sources, both the pilots were found in their flying seat, which indicated that they did not get time to eject.

The bodies will be taken to Ambala, the base of the squadron. While Oberoi's body is being flown on Sunday, Flight Lt Mayank Mayur's will be flown on Monday after a post-mortem.


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Sub: Fighter jets crashing

Its not funny the way our Indian Air Force is losing their aircrafts. More important they are losing trained pilots who are losing lives for ...


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Behind almost all of the fighter planes' crash in India there could be massive kickbacks and commissions paid to the politicians and bureaucrats. There is ...


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My heartfelt condolences for their dear ones.


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this only shows how bad the condition of our airforce is ..how many lives do they have to lose before they come to their senses..pilot ...


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Its sad...We pay them peanuts when they live...they die...and we dont even report it properly...the media goes about reporting the cricket match. Imagine if it ...


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