Squadron Leader D Pankaj

Just a day after Flight Lieutenant S Achudev turned 26, news of his Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet crashing near the border in Arunachal Pradesh came as a shock to his fellow officers and family. Flight Lieutenant Achudev and his co-pilot Squadron leader D Pankaj both died in that crash.

The two missing pilots of the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet which crashed on the Arunachal-Assam border last week have been declared dead by the Indian Air Force. The two pilots - Squadron Leader D Pankaj and Flight Lieutenant S Achudev - could not eject at the time of the crash, according to the analysis of the jet's Flight Data Recorder and some other...

Just a day after Flight Lieutenant S Achudev turned 26, news of his Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet crashing near the border in Arunachal Pradesh came as a shock to his fellow officers and family. Flight Lieutenant Achudev and his co-pilot Squadron leader D Pankaj both died in that crash.

The two missing pilots of the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet which crashed on the Arunachal-Assam border last week have been declared dead by the Indian Air Force. The two pilots - Squadron Leader D Pankaj and Flight Lieutenant S Achudev - could not eject at the time of the crash, according to the analysis of the jet's Flight Data Recorder and some other...