Contract with Ukraine for AN-32 upgrade not terminated: Government
This comes a month after an IAF AN-32 aircraft with 13 people onboard took off from Air Force Station, Jorhat and was spotted crashed after eight days of extensive search.
This comes a month after an IAF AN-32 aircraft with 13 people onboard took off from Air Force Station, Jorhat and was spotted crashed after eight days of extensive search.
Further on Islamabad closing its airspace, Dhanoa said it was a problem of the neighbouring country and did not affect India.
When addressing the open session of Parliament the President echoed the brand of nationalism that paid the Prime Minister rich dividends during the recent poll.
C-130J, AN-32, Mi-17 helicopters of IAF and ALH helicopters of the Indian Army were launched immediately to locate the missing aircraft. Indian Navy P-8i aircraft joined the search operations on 04 Jun 19.
Recovering the black boxes will be the next task in trying to piece together what caused the AN-32 to crash.
The IAF pressed into service Cheetah helicopters, which are easily manoeuvrable and can easily access areas unreachable by larger aircraft or ground parties.
"I want my child. It's been almost four days now but till now nothing has happened. I request the Ministry of Home Affairs to look into the matter and investigate," she said.
The missing aircraft is carrying 13 persons (including the crew) and had last contacted the ground sources at 1 pm on Monday after taking off from Assam’s Jorhat airbase.
