The AN-32 had 13 people onboard. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)The search operations for the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft entered its fourth day on Thursday with no information or clue about the plane. The AN-32 lost contact with the ground station at around 1 pm on Monday with 13 people, eight crew members and five armed forces personnel onboard.
The aircraft, which took off from Assam's Jorhat at 12.25 pm, was scheduled to arrive at the Mechuka Advance Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh's in West Siang District at 1:30 pm.
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Indian Navy's Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft P8i, along with the Indian Army and ISRO are thoroughly conducting a massive search operation to locate the missing aircraft.
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Here's what has happened till now:
IAF conducts search operation
The Indian Air Force started with the search operations as soon as the AN-32 aircraft lost signals with the ground station. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was apprised on the situation and the steps taken by the IAF in the search operations. Singh tweeted, “Spoke to Vice Chief of @IAF_MCC, Air Marshal Rakesh Singh Bhadauria regarding the missing IAF AN-32 Aircraft which is overdue for some hours. He has apprised me of the steps taken by the IAF to find the missing aircraft. I pray for the safety of all passengers on board.”
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