Su-30 MKI, which was on a training sortie, disappeared from the radar shortly after taking off from Jorhat airbase in Assam on Thursday.

"All personnel of the IAF express sincere condolences and stand firmly with the bereaved family in this time of grief: Indian Air Force," read the IAF statement.

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