The first batch of the search and rescue team airdropped by the Indian Air Force to look for survivors from the missing aircraft AN-32 has reached the crash site.
The IAF had airdropped 8 to 10 personnel near the site of the crash in Arunachal Pradesh in two helicopter sorties.
ANI
The teams have started moving towards the location site and were searching for more wreckage and possible survivors.
This is in addition to the 15 mountaineers have been inducted by Mi-17s and ALH with equipment. Out of the 15, nine are from IAF mountaineering team, four from Army and two are civilian mountaineers.
Despite the AN-32 aircraft which had 13 on board at the time of crashing nine days ago, the IAF still hope to find survivors.
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The AN-32 had last contacted ground sources from Arunachal Pradesh on June 3. The plane had been missing since June 3 after taking off from Jorhat air base in Assam to Mechuka advanced landing ground in Arunachal Pradesh with 13 persons on board.
After an extensive search for eight days, the wreckage of the aircraft was located on Tuesday by the crew of a Mi-17 V5 chopper in a valley in Arunachal Pradesh.
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