IAF aircraft missing

ISRO satellites pressed into service on Day 2 as IAF aircraft remains missing near China border

The Antonov AN-32 aircraft carrying 13 persons had last contacted ground sources at 1 pm Monday after taking off from Assam’s Jorhat airbase at 12:25 pm for Menchuka Advance Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh.

# India

IAF resumes search operation as AN-32 remains missing from Indo-Sino border

The missing AN-32 has brought back the memories of a similar tragedy in 2009, where another aircraft with 13 people on board went missing and was later found to have crashed in the jungles.

IAF aircraft with 13 on board goes missing after taking off from Assam airbase

The IAF has launched Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft and C-130 Special Operations aircraft on a search mission to locate the missing AN-32 jet.