After three days of intense search and rescue operations by the Indian Air Force, the wreckage of the missing Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft has been found close to its last know position.
The aircraft had gone missing after taking off from the Tezpur airbase in Assam. The SU-30 aircraft had lost radar and radio contact with the controlling station near Arunachal Pradesh’s Doulasang area. Search and rescue operations were hampered by adverse weather conditions as well as the thick forest cover in the area.
The Indian Air Force had deployed C-130 aircraft and Chetak helicopters to conduct aerial search for the missing aircraft. Four ground teams of the Air Force, nine teams of the Indian Army, and two teams of the state administration to conduct searches in the area.