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Indian warplane crashes near Indo-Pak border  

By Web Desk
October 03, 2016

JAIPUR:  An Indian warplane crashed near the border with Pakistan on Monday during routine training flight, according to Times of India.

The Anglo-French Jaguar aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in Pokhran in Rajasthan state of  India and both the pilots ejected safely, the  website of India’s widely circulated newspaper said.

A senior security official told media that an inquiry has been ordered into the crash.

SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet attack aircraft, originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role, and still in service with the Indian Air Force.