Date: | Monday 8 June 2009 |
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Type: | Antonov An-32 |
Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
Registration: | K3062 |
MSN: | 2203 ? |
Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rinchi village in West Siang district -
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Mohanbari Air Base (MOH/VEMN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Indian Air Force An-32 transport plane crashed in a mountainous area near Rinchi village in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. All seven IAF crew members and six Army personnel were killed.
The aircraft took off from the Machuka Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in West Siang district at 14:00 after dropping Army supplies. The airplane was en route to Mohanbari when it went missing. The wreckage was found two days later.
Sources:
IAF plane with 14 people goes missing, fears to have crashed (Hindustan Times, 8-6-2009)
IAF aircraft wreckage, bodies recovered (The Hindu, 11-6-2009)
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