An Indian Air Force trainer The Hawk aircraft has crashed in Mahuldangri village in East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand close to the Odisha-Jharkhand border on Tuesday. The pilot of the aircraJharkhanderally injured and has been shifted to a near hospital, as India Today reported.

The Hawk aircraft had taken off from Kalaikunda Air Force station in Kharagpur as the Times of India said. According to the Local newspaper reports the crashed jet fell near Subarnarakha River on Odisha-Jharkhand border at about 12.45 pm.

The pilot managed to force to leave in time but received serious wounds following which the locals rushed him to Bahadaguda health centre for medical-treatment, as Odisha Sun Times reported. The reasons behind the crash are not yet recognized.

Last month, two Air Force pilots lost their battle of lives in a plane crash in Majuli in Assam on 15 February. The Microlight Virus SW-80 had crashed after getting airborne from Air Force Station Jorhat, for a routine foray. The pilots had to attempt an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed in a sand bar in the northern part of the district and went up in flames as First Post reported.

The aircraft was airborne from Kalaikunda on a routine training sortie. A  Court of Inquiry will investigate the cause of the accident.

More details are awaited.