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IAF Jet Crash: A Jaguar fighter jet belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan’s Churu on Wednesday. The incident took place in the Ratangarh town. At least two pilots were onboard the Jaguar fighter jet when it took off from Suratgarh air base in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district.

Police teams rushed to the crash site after receiving the information from the local people. The area has been cordoned off and a rescue operation has been launched, policxe officials said. Meanwhile, IAF choppers have also been pressed into action for rescue and relief operations.

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Rajaldesar SHO, Kamlessh, cited by PTI, said the aircraft crashed in an agricultural field in Bhanoda village around 1.25 pm. Kamlessh further said human body parts were found near the crash site.

According to the Indian Air Force, the Jaguar fighter jet crashed during a routine training mission. Both the pilots onboard the ill-fated fighter jet sustained fatal injuries, IAF said, adding that a court of inquiry has been constituted, to ascertain the cause of the accident.

This is the third such incident involving the Jaguar fighter jet. A similar incident took place three months earlier, in April, where a two-seater Jaguar aircraft crashed during a night mission shortly after taking off from Jamnagar Airfield.

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The pilots had encountered a technical malfunction mid-flight and ejected to avoid damage to the airfield and nearby populated areas. One of the pilot, Siddharth Yadav, succumbed to injuries sustained during the ejection, while the second pilot was injured in the incident. Earlier, on March 7, a Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed near Ambala in Haryana, with the pilot ejecting safely.