A 27-year-old IAF flight lieutenant from Punjab’s Patiala district is among the 13 people who went missing after the AN-32 military transport plane went off the radar on its way to Arunachal Pradesh’s West Siang district on Monday afternoon. His brother Ashwani Garg said the family is praying for Mohit’s safety. Although IAF calls it a reliable workhorse, there have been two fatal crashes over the last decade. In July 2016, an AN-32 went down in the Bay of Bengal with 29 people on board. Also, a decade ago, an AN-32 crashed in West Siang killing all 13 men on board.

Source: Hindustan Times June 04, 2019 09:04 UTC