BREAKING | AN-32 Wreckage Reportedly Spotted in Arunachal's Payum

Itanagar, June 3, 2019:

As per army sources, the wreckage of the aircraft that was reported to be missing near the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh has reportedly been spotted at Payum in Arunachal Pradesh's West Siang district by a helicopter. Payum is located close to the Indo-China border.

One AN-32 Transporter aircraft of Indian Airforce was earlier reported to be missing at Arunachal Pardesh. The aircraft took off at around 1 pm from Jorhat district in Assam.

Although the Air Force transport plane was expected to land at 1:30 pm at Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh, there was no communication with the aircraft for many hours.

Since the aircraft did not reach the airfield, ‘overdue action’ was initiated by the IAF. According to reports, the missing plane was last seen at the Shi Yomi district.

Around 13 people are reportedly onboard the transporter aircraft — eight crew members and five passengers.

Meanwhile, newly-inducted Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been briefed regarding the situation and took to social-media platform Twitter to express his concern. A tweet from his official Twitter handle reads: “Spoke to Vice Chief of 

 

" data-mentioned-user-id="784705308832694272">@IAF_MCC, Air Marshal Rakesh Singh Bhadauria regarding the missing IAF AN-32 Aircraft which is overdue for some hours. He has apprised me of the steps taken by the IAF to find the missing aircraft. I pray for the safety of all passengers on board.”

 

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