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Jaguar crashes

Bikaner Jan. 29. An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed into the sand dunes at the Mahajan field firing range in this border district during an exercise last night, killing the pilot, Wing Commander Mukhopadhya, official sources said today.

The mishap occurred about 20 minutes after the plane took off for a night sortie at about 2200 hrs and disappeared from the range of the control room.

The pilot's body could not be retrieved.

- UNI

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