An-32 aircraft News
The search operation utilized cutting-edge technology, including a multi-beam SONAR, synthetic aperture SONAR, and high-resolution photography. The images captured during the exploration were meticulously examined, confirming the wreckage's conformity to that of an An-32 aircraft.
Leh at an altitude of 10,682 ft above mean sea level, is amongst one of world’s highest and most difficult operational airfield, it is prone to extreme weather conditions.
The 15-member team comprising of eight IAF personnel, four Army personnel, and three civilians were recovered by the IAF choppers to Aalo around 5.15 pm, said the IAF.
A team of 12 rescuers that retrieved the bodies of 13 people who were on board the AN-32 aircraft which crashed in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh early this month, continued to remain stranded at the crash site, waiting for the weather to improve so that they could be airlifted, a state government official said on Friday.
The transporter aircraft was going from Jorhat in Assam to Menchuka advanced landing ground near the border with China on June 3 when it had lost contact around half-an-hour after taking off.
All of them are safe and sound, said the IAF.
The recovery team is braving the treacherous terrain and inclement weather in order to bring back the mortal remains as soon as possible.
On June 3, the aircraft with eight aircrew and five passengers on board took off from Air Force Station at Jorhat in Assam at 12.27 pm for Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground.
The flight data recorder (black box) and cockpit voice recorder of AN-32 transport aircraft were also recovered from the crash area.
The wreckage of the AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was spotted on Tuesday 16 km north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh, eight days after it went missing after taking off from Assam’s Jorhat.
The aircraft had 13 people on board and the IAF said efforts are on to establish the status of the occupants.
IAF's AN-32 aircraft is still missing. The AN-32 twin-engine turboprop plane took off from Assam's Jorhat with 13 people on board. Watch this video to know more.
The Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft went missing on Monday afternoon around 33 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam with 13 people on board.
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Efforts continue to locate an Antonov AN-32 transport aircraft, carrying 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel from Jorhat to Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh, which went missing on Monday.
The search for missing IAF aircraft AN 32 was called off due to low light in Arunachal Pradesh.
A month since it went off radar enroute Port Blair, the search for the missing AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force continues without any concrete evidence about the fate of the aircraft.
As the search for the missing AN-32 aircraft with 29 defence personnel on board entered the sixth day on Wednesday, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said some objects have been found in the Bay of Bengal and search teams have been asked to verify if they were of the ill-fated plane.
Some objects were spotted as the co-ordinated search for the missing aircraft AN-32 of the IAF continued for the sixth day on Wednesday.
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