The sighting of the IAF’s AN-32 transport plane by a villager before it crashed on June 3 in Arunachal Pradesh, provided vital clues for locating the wreckage of the aircraft in Siang, the district’s police chief said. “He gave the general direction in which he saw the aircraft that day,” said Singh adding the aircraft has been found in that region as indicated by the villager. The subsequent input by the villager on June 7 proved more helpful as the area of search expanded,” Singh said. According to an IAF official the wreckage was spotted between 1 pm and 2 pm. “The two Everesteers were present in the IAF chopper today which spotted the wreckage,” said Singh.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2019 15:45 UTC