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.<\/p>\n
The IAF had airdropped 8 to 10 personnel near the site of the crash in Arunachal Pradesh in two helicopter sorties.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
ANI<\/span><\/p>\n The teams have started moving towards the location site and were searching for more wreckage and possible survivors.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n REUTERS\/ FILE<\/span><\/p>\n Don’t Miss <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n