Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft gone missing with 29 people on board

Chennai, July 22: An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane (AN-32) flying from Tambaram in Chennai to Port Blair has gone missing for more than one hour.

The aircraft, which took off at 9am from Chennai’s Tambaram air base, was on a routine weekly flight for Air Force personnel, as reported by indiatoday.intoday.in.

The Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard have launched a massive search operation to locate the missing aircraft.

The Russian made AN-32 is considered to be one of the most reliable machines that the IAF has. The aircraft has the ability to take off and land from small airstrips.

Awaiting Details.