The number of casualties in the MiG 27 fighter plane crash in West Bengal rose to three on Sunday after two children hit by splinters of the aircraft died at a hospital here, police said.

Latika Roy

The black box of the MiG-27 aircraft, which crashed on Saturday in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, was retrieved on Sunday as the toll rose to three with two more persons succumbing to their injuri

A MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Saturday morning, killing the two pilots onboard, a defence official said.

The aircraft crashed in Moinaguri village in Jalpa