An Indian Air Force plane, which was flying from Chennai to Port Blair, went missing today with 29 people on board, wire agency PTI reports.
The AN-32 aircraft took off at 8:30 am from Tambaram in Chennai and the last contact with it was made 16 minutes later, defence sources told PTI. The aircraft can fly for up to four hours without refuelling.
A massive search operation has been launched by the IAF, Navy and the Coast Guard, according to ANI and the Twitter handle of the Ministry of Defence.
This is a developing story. More details are awaited.
IAF launches one C-130 and one AN 32 on Search and Rescue to look for missing IAF aircraft.
Full scale Search & Rescue launched to look for IAF AN 32 overdue at Port Blair since 1130 hrs. Max assets being deployed at earliest.
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