The An-32 aircraft was expected to arrive at 11.30 am in Port Blair, but was declared overdue. Before that an An-32 aircraft had crashed in Delhi in 1999, where 21 people died. The IAF An-32 aircraft that went off the radar on Friday morning reportedly developed three snags during flight operations in July alone. Five planes were scrambled and four warships pressed into search and rescue operations in Bay of Bengal. The plane went missing today while flying back from Chennai to Port Blair.

Source: Indian Express July 22, 2016 10:03 UTC