ITANAGAR/NEW DELHI: A massive day-night search for a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, which went missing two days ago, continued on Wednesday in remote mountainous Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Siang district.
The Russian-origin AN-32 aircraft with 13 people on board lost contact on Monday afternoon after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka advanced landing ground near the border with China.
IAF sources Wednesday said additional assets including two Sukhoi-30 aircraft were deployed on the third day to locate the missing plane apart from the fleet of C-130J and AN-32 planes and two Mi-17 and two ALH helicopters.
The ground forces included troops from the Army, Indo Tibetan Border Police and state police.
The two Sukhoi-30 and two C-130J aircraft will carry out night missions, they said.
The IAF has been regularly updating the families of all air-warriors on board the aircraft about the rescue operation. (AGENCIES)
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