Wreckage of IAF's missing AN-32 aircraft traced

The debris of the IndianIndianIndian Air Force’s An-32 aircraft that went missing over the Bay of Bengal in 2016 with 29 people onboard has been found after seven years, the union ministry of defence said on Friday. According to an official statement, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), deployed by the National Institute of Ocean Technology, was used to locate the missing aircraft on the sea bed approximately 310 kilometers from the Chennai coast.

The debris of the Indian Air Force’s An-32 aircraft that went missing over the Bay of Bengal in 2016 with 29 people onboard has been found.(Twitter)

The search was conducted at a depth of 3,400 meters using several payloads, including a multi-beam SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging), synthetic aperture SONAR, and high-resolution photography, the defence ministry said.