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Five Indian air force staff killed as transport plane crashes in Assam
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- Antonov An-32 transport plane crashed near Assam’s Jorhat region, air forces says.
- The Antonov An-32 transport plane “met with an accident” during a “routine sortie” in Assam’s Jorhat region, the Indian Air Force said in a statement on Saturday.
- “Crash site management and initial enquiries are on at this time,” the Air Force wrote, adding that an investigation to determine the cause of the accident was under way.
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Antonov An-32 transport plane crashed near Assam’s Jorhat region, air forces says.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo India's air force operates about 100 Antonov An-32 aircraft [File: Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 13 Jun 202613 Jun 2026Five Indian air force personnel have been killed after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, according to officials.
The Antonov An-32 transport plane “met with an accident” during a “routine sortie” in Assam’s Jorhat region, the Indian Air Force said in a statement on Saturday.
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