There is no news yet on the 13 people, including eight crew members, on board the aircraft. The IAF said the effort now was to establish the “status of occupants and survivors”. According to an IAF official, the wreckage was spotted between 1 and 2 pm. The flight which was bound for an advanced landing ground at Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh went missing around 1 pm on June 3. In July 2016, an AN-32 went down in the Bay of Bengal with 29 people on board.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2019 09:56 UTC