GUWAHATI, India: An Indian military aircraft with 13 people on board went missing Monday in the northeast of the country, the defence ministry said.The Russian-built Antonov An-32 took off from Jorhat in Assam state at 12:25pm (0655 GMT) headed for Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh, bordering China.“The aircraft last contacted ground agencies at 1300 hrs, thereafter there has been no contact,” the defence ministry said in a statement.“A total of eight crew and five passengers were onboard the aircraft,” it said.Spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel P Khongsai said every effort was being made to locate the missing plane. Crashes by India’s sizeable fleet of ageing Russian military aircraft are relatively common.
06-04-2019, 08:33 PM
Indian military plane missing with 13 on board
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