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Missing IAF plane: Manohar Parrikar takes aerial survey to monitor search and rescue operation from Tambaram

Parrikar visited Tambaram air base near Chennai today.

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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited Tambaram air base near Chennai on Saturday after an IAF AN 32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force went missing with 29 personnel on board. He 

He boarded an aircraft from Tambaram for an aerial survey of the operations.  

Parrikar, who was briefed by IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, got a detailed briefing on the search and rescue operations being undertaken by the Navy, Air  Force  and the Coast Guard, official sources said.

The aircraft went missing over the Bay of Bengal on its way from near Chennai to Port Blair, raising concern over its fate.

The massive search operation has been launched for tracking the upgraded plane which made the last radio contact at 0846 hours, 16 minutes after take off from Tambaram air base.

The Indian Navy has deployed SAROps 18 Naval & ICG ships with P8IC130 & Dornier aircrafts to locate the plane.

A massive search and rescue operation has been launched by IAF, Navy and Coast Guard, deploying one submarine, eight aircraft and 13 ships for tracking the upgraded plane which made the last radio contact at 0846 hours, 16 minutes after take off from Tambaram air base. Four ships, which were deployed in the Bay of Bengal on different missions, have been diverted to the search area and eight ships of Eastern Fleet with Fleet Commander embarked onboard which are on return passage from the South China Sea are also proceeding at best speed to join the search operations.

Flying with the call sign AF-330, the missing aircraft was part of the 33 Squadron which is based in Sulu,

With agency inputs.

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