Assam: 2 Indian Air Force pilots dead as micro-light plane crashes at Jorhat

New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots were killed when a micro-light aircraft they were travelling in crashed near Jorhat in Assam on Thursday. 

The micro-light aircraft crashed soon after it took off from the Jorhat Air Base on a routine sortie around noon, officials told news agency PTI. 

Reports quoted Air Force sources saying that the pilots were Wing Commander-rank officers.

The wreckage of the plane has been sighted and a court of inquiry ordered ascertain the cause of the accident.

Further details are awaited.