Search on to locate missing IAF plane

Guwahati | Thursday | 25th May, 2017

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GUWAHATI: Search and rescue operations continued on Wednesday to locate the Sukhoi-30 aircraft that went missing on Tuesday morning after it went airborne from the Tezpur airbase on a routine training sortie. Sources said search teams are also combing the dense jungles of Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. "Search and rescue operations resumed at daybreak on Wednesday. One C-130 aircraft with electro-optical payload, ALH and Chetak helicopters of IAF have been pressed into service for the mission. One SU-30 aircraft with recce capability is also being utilised for locating the plane..