India Searching for Missing Air Force Plane

Local Editor

India is still searching for an air force transport aircraft that disappeared over the Bay of Bengal with 29 people on board, with no indication of what happened to the ill-fated plane or sign of wreckage.

On Saturday, Defense Ministry said a large search and rescue operation was launched by the air force, the navy and the coast guard in the "probable crash zone" in the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

India said 4 officers, 17 military personnel and 8civilians were aboard the doomed aircraft, which was on a routine re-supply flight to remote islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team