Aerospace

IAF transport plane missing in AP, 12 people feared dead

10 Jun 2009 8ak note: Hours after AFP reported an IAF Antonov An-32 plane went missing near Tawang, IndiaToday has reported that 12 people are dead. IndiaToday: The AN-32 series aircraft was transporting cadres of the Assam Rifles and airmen from the Chabua air force base to the Tawang sector in the state. Among those flying were three air force officers and personnel of 16 other ranks. This is the ninth crash of an air force AN-32 aircraft so far.