An Indian Air Force (IAF) An-32 transport aircraft with 13 personnel went missing over Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. It got airborne from Jorhat in Assam at 1227 hrs for the Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in Arunachal Pradesh. Soon after missing reports came in, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal RS Bhadauria. “He has apprised me of the steps taken to find the missing aircraft. In July 2016, an An-32 on a routine weekly courier flight from Chennai to Port Blair, carrying 23 personnel and six crew, went missing after take-off.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2019 10:35 UTC