VISAKHAPATNAM/CHENNAI: In a surprise twist to the search for AN-32 aircraft, the transport carrier is being searched in the dense forests near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh after tribals in the area alerted officials of “objects that looked the remains of a plane.”
Forest guards began their search for the “object” in the forest areas of Sarugudu and Daddula villages in Nathavaram mandal of Vizag agency on Saturday, but they could not find any wreckage till late Saturday night.
Confirming the search, additional principal chief conservator of forests N. Pradeep Kumar said the Air Force Station at Suryalanka near Bapatla in Guntur district received a phone call about “debris of an aircraft” in Sarugudu forest area.
“Based on the phone call, the Air Force Station passed the information to divisional forest officer of Narsipatnam, Sekhar Babu Geddam and requested him to launch search operations,” officials said.
