An AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force with 13 people on board went missing about 35 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam at 12.27pm on Monday, IAF sources said.
The AN-32 was headed for the IAF-maintained Mechuka advanced landing ground in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, 29km from the Sino-Indian border.
Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh told The Telegraph: “The aircraft, with eight crew members and five passengers on board, lost contact with ground agencies around 1pm, about 35 minutes after take-off. The army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police have fanned out in search of the missing AN-32.”
