The Indian Air Force on Thursday said that all 13 people on board the AN-32 aircraft which crashed in a remote area in Arunachal Pradesh are dead. IAF officials said a team of rescuers reached the crash site on Thursday morning and confirmed that there are no survivors.
The air-warriors who lost their life in the crash are W/C GM Charles, S/L H Vinod, F/L R Thapa, F/L A Tanwar, F/L S Mohanty, F/L MK Garg, WO KK Mishra, Sgt Anoop Kumar, Cpl Sherin, LAC SK Singh, LAC Pankaj, NC(E) Putali and NC(E) Rajesh Kumar.
The Russian-origin AN-32 aircraft was going from Jorhat in Assam to Menchuka advanced landing ground near the border with China on June 3 when it lost contact with ground staff at 1 pm, within 33 minutes of taking off.
Global News 
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