On 12 June 2019, a team of 15 rescuers were airdropped near the crash site, but were unable to reach the location due to rough terrain and bad weather. There were 13 people on board.Īfter eight days of search operation that had been hindered by poor weather, on 11 June 2019, the wreckage of the aircraft was found near Pari hills close to Gatte village, 16 km north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh, at 12,000 feet elevation.
The plane lost contact with ground control about 33 minutes after takeoff. On June 3, 2020, the An-32 was en route from Jorhat Airport in Assam to Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh. Sunit was flying in an Antonov An-32 twin engine turboprop transport aircraft. In June 2020, a similar incident son of the soil, Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty lost his life. The brave Odia pilot’s parents are settled in Belpahar. He is survived by his wife, an architect and daughter, living in Delhi. Kaushik was among five IAF personnel killed in the crash including two Wing Commanders, two Squadron Leaders and a crew member. The transport aircraft crashed 115 kms west of Gwalior while on a routine training mission. On Mahe was onboard a C-130 J Super Hercules aircraft which took off from Agra. Squadron Leader Kaushik Mishra was a brave and skilled pilot posted at Air Force Station in Hindon near Delhi. In this write-up we recollect a couple of such unfortunate incidents which claimed the lives of two Odia pilots of the IAF.
The nation has witnessed a number of crashes of aircrafts and choppers of the Indian Air Force, Army and the Navy, resulting in the deaths of valiant officers and men.
Bhubaneswar: It was a tragic day for the country which lost its Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, along with 12 others including his wife, and officers & men of the armed forces in a helicopter crash.
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