An IAF’s Jaguar fighter plane went down on Wednesday (July 9) in Rajasthan’s Churu, killing both the pilots on board. This is the third such instance of a Jaguar crashing since the beginning of this year.

In April, a two-seater Jaguar fighter aircraft of IAF had crashed in an open field in Suvarda village of Jamnagar district in Gujarat, killing one of the pilots.

The Jaguar aircraft crash, which took place in an agricultural field near Bhanoda village around 1.25 pm, killed both pilots who were on board the aircraft.