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Wreckage of Missing An 32 Aircraft Spotted, Rescue Teams Flying to Site Today

Wreckage of Missing An 32 Aircraft Spotted, Rescue Teams Flying to Site Today

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Itanagar, June 12, 2019:

The Indian Air Force's missing AN-32 aircraft has finally been located in Payum circle of Arunachal Pradesh. After eight days of extensive search-and-rescue operations in Arunachal Pradesh, the wreckage of the missing An-32 aircraft was spotted Tuesday at a remote location in high mountains, close to the China border.

The first image of Air Force's An-32 crash site shows debris and charred trees indicating a big fire when the plane would have gone down.

The wreckage was found in Payum Circle of Siang district. It was spotted by a Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force, at a height of around 12,000 feet.

The Air Force says due to high elevation and dense forest, helicopters could not land next to the crash site. However, the nearest landing site has been identified and the rescue operation by helicopters will begin tomorrow early morning.

IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh has said that mountaineering teams of the IAF, Army and civil administration have been formed and would be flown to the site in helicopters Wednesday “to look for survivors and other things”.

The plane was traveling from Jorhat in Assam to a remote military landing strip in Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh when it vanished from the radar around 1 pm on June 3.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: Jun 12, 2019