Sukhoi Su-30, C-130J In All-Night Search For IAF's Missing An-32

Itanagar, June 5, 2019:

The search and rescue operation by helicopters for the missing AN 32 has been called off for today due to low light. The operation to locate the ill-fated aircraft will resume tomorrow morning.

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Meanwhile, two SUs and C-130Js will be carrying out night missions to locate the missing aircraft.

The missing AN 32 was traveling from Jorhat in Assam to a remote military landing strip in Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh. The aircraft, which was carrying 13 people, was last in contact at 1 pm (approx).

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The Antonov An-32 is a turboprop twin-engined military transport aircraft. The An-32 is essentially a re-engined An-26. It is designed to withstand adverse weather conditions better than the standard An-26. Announced at the May 1977 Paris Air Show, the An-32 is distinguished from its predecessor by engines raised 1.5 m above the wing in order to avoid foreign object damage on rough, unprepared air strips.

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