Ranchi, March 20 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) trainee aircraft crashed on Tuesday in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, officials said.
An IAF official said that a Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) met with an accident after getting airborne in Kalaikunda in West Bengal.
The trainee pilot ejected safely and was taken to a hospital.
Jamshedpur Senior Superintendent of Police Anup T. Matthew said earlier that the plane went down in Koema Swarnarekha river, near the Jharkhand-Odisha border.
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