Wreckage of Missing AN-32 Located North of Lipo, Arunachal: IAF

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After eight days of extensive search operations, the Indian Air Force, on Tuesday, 11 June has found the wreckage of the lost AN-32 carrier aircraft that went missing on 3 June. The airplane, that went missing soon after taking off from Air Force base in Assam’s Johrat has been located north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh, according to the news agency.

The security forces, including the Army and the Air Force, had engaged a SU-30 jet fighter, C130 J, Mi17, ALH helicopters and NTRO Spy Satellites to trace the missing Russian-origin transporter aircraft that was last seen on Monday, 3 June afternoon.

The Indian Air Force has tweeted that efforts to determine the status of the 13 people who were on board the AN-32, and to check for survivors, are continuing.

The wreckage of the missing #An32 was spotted today 16 Kms North of Lipo, North East of Tato at an approximate elevation of 12000 ft by the #IAF Mi-17 Helicopter undertaking search in the expanded search zone..

— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) June 11, 2019