'The frontline Sukhoi warrior jet crashed in the horse opera Jaisalmer district. Both commander as well as co-pilot have been safe,' an IAF spokesman said in New Delhi.
The Sukhoi had taken off from the Jodhpur airbase in the state late upon Monday afternoon upon the routine precision sortie as well as crashed in an isolated area in the district.
This is the second Sukhoi pile-up of the IAF, with the first reported upon April 30 this year in that the commander was killed.
There have been the total of nine crashes involving IAF aircraft this year.
The IAF currently operates around 100 Su-30 fighters as well as the numbers will climb to 280 to by 2015, media reports said.
The Su-30 were first inducted into the IAF in 1996 as well as nearly 100 of them have been right away distributed opposite five squadrons.
With uninformed orders as well as some-more such aircraft being made under joint production, their numbers will climb to over 230 by 2015.
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