Five Air Force personnel killed as AN-32 transport aircraft crashes in Assam’s Jorhat

Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed as an AN-32 transport aircraft crashed in Assam’s Jorhat district on Saturday.

The personnel were Squadron Leader Prashant Singh, Flight Lieutenant Shubham Kumar, Sergeant Jitendra Sharma, Agniveervayu Khemaram Kumawat and Agniveervayu Danish Alam.

The Air Force expressed its condolences to the families of the personnel who had been killed in the crash.

The aircraft, used by the Air Force to transport personnel and supplies, crashed at 10 am while landing at the airbase in the Rowriah area. It was on a routine sortie, the Air Force said.

It said that crash site management and initial enquiries were underway, and requested the public to “refrain from speculation till preliminary results are not in”.

It also said that a court of inquiry had been ordered to ascertain the cause of the crash.

An AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashes at the Jorhat Air Force station in Assam.

Indian Air Force officials said that the firefighting operations are underway at the accident site. More details are awaited. @IAF_MCC pic.twitter.com/tLZnyLJkOD— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) June 13, 2026

Edited by Tanya Shrivastava and Nachiket Deuskar.
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