GUWAHATI: Search operations for the missing AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force was intensified on day eight with marginal improvement in the weather even as there was no trace of the aircraft till Monday evening.
An official statement said that based on various available inputs, the search area was expanded.
Aerial operations were carried out by helicopters and C-130 aircraft during the day.
“Search will continue throughout the night by airborne sensors and ground teams. IAF is committed in finding the missing air-warriors,” the statement said.
The aircraft had taken off from the IAF airbase at Jorhat in Upper Assam for Mechuka advanced landing ground in Arunachal Pradesh on June 3 but lost contact after about half an hour.
