SRINAGAR: Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed and one officer survived after an AN-32 transport aircraft crashed while landing at the Indian Air Force’s Roureah Air Force Station in Assam’s Jorhat district on Saturday, according to IAF officials.
The Indian Air Force deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the An-32 accident at Jorhat, Assam.
Sqn Ldr Prashant Singh, Flt Lt Shubham Kumar, Sgt Jitendra Sharma, Agniveervayu Khemaram Kumawat and Agniveervayu Danish Alam made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.… pic.twitter.com/9SmOjtS5mU
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) June 13, 2026
The co-pilot survived the crash and is undergoing treatment, while the remaining five personnel on board lost their lives. Expressing condolences, the Indian Air Force said in a post on X that it “deeply regrets the loss of lives and stands firmly with the bereaved families in this time of grief”.
The aircraft reportedly crashed within the premises of the strategically important air base while operating a flight from Arunachal Pradesh to Jorhat. Emergency response teams were immediately deployed to the site following the accident.
The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry to determine the cause of the crash.
Earlier in the day, the Air Force had confirmed that an AN-32 transport aircraft had met with an accident while landing at Jorhat, with rescue and recovery operations launched soon after the incident.
The crash comes months after an IAF Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet crashed during a routine training mission at Inglong Ekopi Hill in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, around 60 kilometres from Jorhat Air Base.
