New Delhi:All 13 personnel on board the AN-32 aircraft have been reported dead, after the team of rescuers did not find any survivors at the crash site on Thursday.
The Indian Air Force search teams managed to reach the AN-32 crash site on Thursday morning.
Air Force sources said that blockage of view due to clouds could have been the reason behind the crash of AN-32 transport aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh.
Pictures of the crash site suggested that the aircraft was trying to climb over the mountain top but failed to do so.
The AN-32 aircraft with 13 IAF personnel onboard went missing on May 3 after getting airborne from Jorhat. The aircraft was headed towards Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh when it lost contact with ground authorities at around 1300 hours.
After eight days of intensive search and rescue operation, the wreckage of the aircraft was finally located on June 11.
The wreckage of the plane was located 16 km north of Lipo at an elevation of 12000 feet by Mi-17 choppers of the IAF undertaking search operations in the expanded search zone.
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