NEW DELHI: An Indian military transport plane crashed on Saturday while landing at an air force station in the country\u2019s remote northeast, the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Russian-made Antonov An-32 \u201cmet with an accident today while landing at Jorhat,\u201d a city in Assam state, the air force said.<\/p>\n
The statement gave no details of casualties and did not say how many people were on board at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cA court of inquiry is being constituted, to ascertain the cause of the accident,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
News channel NDTV broadcast images of the crash site, showing a thick black plume of smoke and the aircraft apparently broken into pieces.<\/p>\n
The An-32, a twin-engine turboprop, is specially designed to perform well at high altitudes and in extreme climates.<\/p>\n
The Indian air force operates about 100 of them for military supplies and civilian aid in the country\u2019s remotest mountain areas.<\/p>\n
The last major crash involving the plane occurred in 2019 in Arunachal Pradesh state, near the border with China, when 13 people were killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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