Rameswaram: With search operations intensifying for the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that some objects have been found which may be linked to the plane.
Parrikar has said that officials are yet to ascertain if the objects found belong to the missing AN-32 plane.
The plane had gone missing during its flight from Chennai to Port Blair with 29 people onboard on July 22. It had left the Tambaram air base near Chennai at 8.30 AM on Friday and was supposed to land at Port Blair at around 11.45 AM.
It fell off the radar at 9.12 AM, 280 km east of Chennai. The plane made the last radio contact at 8:46 AM, 16 minutes after take-off, when the pilot reported that "everything is normal".
The missing AN-32 transport aircraft, which was inducted into the IAF between 1984-1991, had in 2015 undergone a major refit.
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