Indian Air Force Flight Missing....................

[Phakija]

One More flight gone missing...................... This time from India............................

 

Plane carrying 29 people from Chennai to Port Blair.............

 

Hope we get all people secured................

 

 

New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 plane with 29 on board is missing after it took off from Chennai this morning.

The plane took off from the Tambaram air base near Chennai a little after 8 am and was heading for Port Blair and was to have landed around 11.20 am.

Officials say the last contact with the plane, which has mostly service personnel on board, was around 15 minutes after take-off.

The plane has an emergency beacon locator, which usually gets activated if the aircraft crashes. The Navy has launched surveillance aircraft to look for the missing plane in the Bay of Bengal.

A Dornier aircraft has also been sent and four ships, Karmukh, Gharial, Jyoti and Kuthar have been diverted to the region at full speed. There are more than 100 AN-32s in service with the IAF.

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what.....

[Phakija]

Yes 

Just saw the news................................

 

[Biskot]

dhinthalli ..........flights akkalantey ney bayam aythundhi...

balls pack chesukoni kusovali............

[Kool_SRG]

Oh hope its found and is normal and all are safe...

[timmy]

 

File photo of an Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft

 

NEW DELHI: 

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft missing with 29 on board
2. Navy aircraft, 4 ships sent for search ops at Bay of Bengal
3. AN-32 plane took off from near Chennai, was heading to Port Blair

 

 An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 plane with 29 people on board is missing after it took off from Chennai on Friday morning.

The plane took off from the Tambaram air base near Chennai for Port Blair at 8.30 am. It was to have landed around 11.20 am.

"It was found missing. As of now, we will term it as overdue," said Navy spokesperson DK Sharma.

Officials say the last contact with the plane, which has mostly service personnel on board, was around 15 minutes after take-off. The plane has an emergency beacon locator, which usually gets activated if there is a crash.

A massive search operation has been launched by the air force, Navy and Coast Guard.

The Navy has launched surveillance aircraft to look for the missing plane in the Bay of Bengal. A Dornier aircraft has also been sent and four ships - Karmukh, Gharial, Jyoti and Kuthar - have been diverted to the region at full speed.
 

A massive search is on for the missing AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force

The plane was on a courier flight, officials say.

There are more than 100 Russian-made AN-32s in service with the IAF. It is an aircraft that can fly for up to four hours without refueling.

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#UPDATE: Last contact with Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft was at 8:46AM, flight level was at 23000ft, distance covered 1375KM

 

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UPDATE on missing Indian Air Force AN-32 plane : IAF launches one C-130J and one AN-32 for Search and Rescue Ops

2:45 PM - 22 Jul 2016

[timmy]

The AN-32 aircraft had reported the following snags recently 

July 14 - Pressure leak port door 
July 7 - Hydraulic Leak port wing root 
July2 - Throttle movement sluggish