Guwahati: An Air Force Su-30 fighter jet crashed near Assam’s Tezpur on Thursday, a defence official said.

A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain cause of the accident

Defence spokesman, Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh said that the aircraft was on a routine training mission from the Tezpur air base when it crashed. “Both the pilots on board the aircraft, however, managed to eject safely and have been rescued,” he added.

A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain cause of the accident, he said.