Teams scour Vizag forest after alert on air crash

July 31, 2016 02:10 am | Updated 02:10 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

Following an alert of a possible air crash, teams of foresters have begun a search near the Sarugudu village in Nathavaram mandal here on Saturday afternoon.

Officials of the Suryalanka Air Force Base officials said they had received a call from a resident of one of the habitations near Sarugudu that he had heard a loud sound on July 22, the day the IAF’s An-32 aircraft went missing with 29 people on board.

“Following the Air Force Station alert, we sent our foresters to the Sarugudu village. They will take the tribals along with them to search the Sarugudu reserve forest, DFO Narsipatnam Sekhar Babu told The Hindu on phone.

Two teams of five members each from two ranges in the Narsipatnam division and residents are engaged in the search. So far the villagers could not give any concrete clue on any crashed aircraft, Mr. Sekhar Babu said.

The Suryalanka AFS had also sent a team for reconnaissance of the area, he said.

The teams would remain in the villages and continue the search during the day, the DFO said. Adding to their worry is the rains in the Agency areas which have hampered visibility.

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