
Five Indian air force personnel were killed when a military plane crashed while landing at a base in the country’s remote northeast on Saturday, the military said in a statement.
“The Indian Air Force deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the An-32 accident at Jorhat”, a city in Assam state, the air force said in a statement.
It did not say how many people were on board at the time, or whether there were any survivors.
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However, an air force official, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to brief the media, said the co-pilot had survived.
News channel NDTV broadcast images of the crash site, showing a thick black plume of smoke and the aircraft apparently broken into pieces.
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The air force said it “extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and stands firmly with them in this hour of grief”.

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