An-32 crash: Mortal remains airlifted to Johrat
New Delhi, Jun 20 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday informed that the mortal remains of 13 air-warriors, who were onboard the ill-fated An-32 aircraft, have been recovered and sent to Air Force Station in Jorhat.
On Jun 3, the IAF An-32 aircraft which took off from Air Force Station, Jorhat, Assam went missing with 13 air-warriors onboard.
On Jun 11, the wreckage of the missing An-32 aircraft was found on a mountain slope in Arunachal Pradesh and all air-warriors died in the crash.
The mortal remains will be sent to their hometown, where funeral as per service customs will be carried out.
"Indian Air Force stands with the families and next-of-kin of all the air-warriors who lost their life in the line of duty. IAF thanks Indian Army, Indian Navy, NTRO, State administration and civil population for their unstinted support during search and rescue operations," an official statement said.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
