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Indian military plane goes missing India military Antonov plane missing over Bay of Bengal
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Indian military plane with more than 20 people on board missing over Bay of Bengal, Indian air force says An Indian military plane with more than 20 people on board has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has confirmed to the BBC.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The Antonov-32 transporter aircraft took off from Chennai (Madras) at 08:30 local time (03:00 GMT), bound for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. It was scheduled to land at 11:30. A search operation has been launched.
The IAF operates more than 100 Antonov-32 aircraft.
A navy spokesman told the Reuters news agency that surveillance planes and ships were looking for the missing aircraft, which was carrying service personnel to strategic islands near the Malacca Straits, where India has a military base.