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Father of IAF navigator demands investigation of AN-32 aircraft incident after wreckage recovery

IndiaTimes Saturday, 13 January 2024
A day after the Indian Air Force (IAF) located the wreckage of a transport aircraft AN-32 at a depth of approximately 3.4 km in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Chennai, the parents of Flight Lieutenant Kunal Barpatte, who was among the 29 people on board, demanded a thorough investigation of the incident and images of the found remnants of the aircraft. Rajendra (66), the father of Kunal, told TOI, "Even after the recovery of wreckage of the aircraft well after seven years, certain questions still disturb us immensely."
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