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IAF aircraft with 13 on board goes missing after taking off from Jorhat

A total of eight crew and five passengers were on board the aircraft, the sources said

AN-32 aircraft at an advanced landing ground in Mechuka, on the Sino-Indian border. These workhorses supply the Indian army outposts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Photo: Ajai Shukla
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Press Trust of India New Delhi
A Russian-origin AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force with 13 people on board went missing Monday afternoon around 33 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Arunachal's Menchuka near the border with China, officials said.

The IAF said the aircraft took off from Jorhat 12.27 pm for the Menchuka advance landing ground in Shi-Yomi district in Arunachal Pradesh, and its last contact with the ground control was at 1 pm.

"Some ground reports were received on possible location of a crash site. Helicopters were routed to the location, however, no wreckage has been sighted so far," the IAF

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