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The disappearance of an Indian Air Force AN-32 on Monday brought back the sad memory of another aircraft that went missing in the Bay of Bengal in 2016 and was never found.
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The disappearance of an Indian Air Force AN-32 on Monday brought back sad memories of another plane that went missing in the Bay of Bengal in 2016. A Russian-origin plane with 29 people on board, including six crew members, went missing in June, three years ago, flying from Chennai to Port Blair.
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In 2009, the IAF lost another AN-32 fighter jet that crashed near a village in Arunachal Pradesh's West Siang district, killing 13 security personnel.
The Antonov AN-32 is a twin-engine fighter jet that can fly for up to four hours without refueling.
The AN-32 aircraft, which went missing in June 2016, took off at 8:30 am from Tambaram to Chennai and was last contacted 16 minutes later, security sources said at the time.
Months after the incident, a Court of Inquiry said that the people on board the missing IAF plane "appear to be dead".
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Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Aman Anand said on Monday there was no information about the plane that went missing in 2016.
"The court, after carefully examining the available evidence and considering the many search and rescue operations that have taken place, has determined that it is unlikely that the missing people would have survived the accident.
"It is with great regret that the Court of Inquiry has declared that your son/daughter has been seriously injured," the IAF said in a letter dated August 24, 2016 to the families of the passengers. he had read
"At least 201 search and rescue operations were carried out using all suitable aircraft at our disposal. These aircraft have covered approximately 2,17,800 square kilometers (square meters) on several occasions," the letter said.
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An IAF AN-32 aircraft with 13 people on board went missing on Monday afternoon about 33 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam to Menchuk in Arunachal near the border with China, officials said.
The IAF said the aircraft took off from Jorhat at 12.27 for Menchukka in Shiyomi district of Arunachal Pradesh and its last contact with ground control was at 1:00 p.m.
The IAF has deployed C-130J and AN-32 aircraft including two Mi-17 choppers, while the Indian Army has deployed light helicopters to retrieve the missing Antonov AN-32 aircraft.
(This story has not been edited by staff and is published from the news agency) On July 22, 2016, an Indian Air Force twin-engine An-32 disappeared while flying over the Bay of Bengal. The aircraft was en route from Tambaram Air Force Station in Chennai on the west coast of the Bay of Bengal to Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There were 29 people on board. Radar contact with the aircraft was lost at 9:12 a.m., 280 kilometers (170 miles) east of Chennai.
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The search and rescue operation turned out to be the largest sea search operation for a missing plane in Indian history.
There were 29 people in the plane: 6 crew members; 11 Indian Air Force personnel; two soldiers of the Indian Army; one each from the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard; and eight security personnel working with the Naval Armamt Depot (NAD).
The Antonov An-32 took off from Tambaram Air Force Station in Chnai at 8:30 am local time on July 22, 2016. It is expected to land in Port Blair at around 11:45 am local time. The Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard launched a massive search and rescue operation using a submarine, 12 surface ships and five aircraft.
On the third day after the disappearance, 16 ships, a submarine and six aircraft were sent to search for the An-32 that disappeared in Bgala Bay, about 150 nautical miles east of Chnai.
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On September 15, 2016, the search and rescue operation was terminated; All 29 people on board are presumed dead and their families have been notified.
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