The Indian Air Force  (IAF) has disclosed that a military plane with more than 20 people on board has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal.


IAF told BBC the Antonov-32 transporter aircraft took off from Chennai (Madras) in southern India at 8:30 am (local time) for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar.

It was scheduled to land at 11:30am. A search operation has been launched. The IAF operates more than 100 Antonov-32 aircraft.