Friday, July 22, 2016

Missing IAF An-32 aircraft: ‘Airforce must ground these 35 year old planes’

An Indian Air Force plane carrying 29 personnel, including six crew members, on board went missing Friday while making its way back to Port Blair from Chennai. The AN-32 aircraft was on a routine courier-run, and its Expected Time of Arrival at Port Blair was 11.30 am.
The AN-32 is a twin-engine aircraft and is primarily used as a cargo flight. In this case, tough, it had 29 people on board. It was reportedly on a routine weekly flight for Air Force personnel.
The aircraft reportedly went missing at 23,000 ft at 9.15 am. The plane was last spotted at 8.46 am according to Chennai ATC officials. The Indian Coast Guard, Navy and the IAF have launched an operation in the Bay of Bengal to locate the missing plane.
The Navy has involved a P8 I, and a Dornier aircraft as well as four ships — Karmukh, Gharial, Jyoti and Kuthar, that have been diverted to the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) at full speed.
Twitter reactions ranged from expressing sorrow over the news to lamenting the continued usage of AN-32 aircraft despite it being outdated.
22/07/16 Indian Express

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