Choppers to ferry bodies from AN-32 crash site

June 13, 2019 16:17

AN-32 update: All 13 bodies and the black box of the AN-32 transport aircraft have been recovered. Choppers will be used to ferry the bodies from the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh.

Earier today, the IAF confirmed that all 13 people on board the AN-32 aircraft were dead, after a team of rescuers searched the wreckage of the plane in a heavily forested mountainous terrain on Thursday.

An IAF official said there were no survivors from the crash of the An-32 aircraft.

"IAF Pays tribute to the brave Air-warriors who lost their life during the #An32 crash on 03 Jun 2019 and stands by with the families of the victims. May their soul rest in peace," the Air Force said in another tweet.

Those who died in the crash are Wing Commander G M Charles, Squadron Leader H Vinod, Flight Lieutenants L R Thapa, M K Garg, Ashish Tanwar and Sumit Mohanty, Warrant officer K K Mishra, Sergeant Anoop Kumar, Corporal Sherin, LAC (leading aircraft man) S K Singh, LAC Pankaj, and non-combatants Rajesh Kumar and Putali.

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