SHILLONG, INDIA — A transport aircraft of Indian Air Force with six air crew, including a wing commander, and as many civilians today went missing after taking off from Mechuka in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh and is feared to have crashed.
The AN 32 aircraft, on a routine air maintenance sortie, took off from Mechuka at around 2:00 p.m. for Jorhat in Assam after which it went missing, a spokesman at the Eastern Air Command here said.
The identity of the crew and other passengers were not disclosed but the spokesman said the air crew was led by a wing commander.
