Two Indian jets crash

Published April 3, 2004

SRINAGAR, April 2: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed in occupied Kashmir on Friday, police said. A senior police official said the two Jaguars were on a routine sortie when they hit bad weather in Kashmir's mountainous Sonamarg area.

No details were available about the fate of the pilots.

They were part of a group of four jets flying together to the air base at Srinagar. The two other jets reached the base safely.-Reuters