Chennai/New Delhi: An AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with 29 people on board went missing over the Bay of Bengal on Friday, Defence Ministry sources said.
The aircraft was flying from Chennai to Port Blair. Those on board included six crew members.
"The aircraft departed at 8.30 a.m. and was due at Port Blair at 11.30 a.m. The aircraft has not reached. Search operations are on," a senior IAF official told IANS over telephone from New Delhi.