IAF transport aircraft crash in Assam’s Jorhat airbase draws back attention to An-32 fleet’s safety record

NEW DELHI: Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed and a co-pilot injured when an An-32 transport aircraft crashed while landing at Air Force Station Jorhat in Assam on Saturday morning. The aircraft, on a routine sortie, went down around 10 am at the Rowriah airbase and caught fire. The personnel killed were Squadron Leader Prashant Singh, Flight Lieutenant Shubham Kumar, Sergeant Jitendra Sharma, Agniveervayu Khemaram Kumawat and Agniveervayu Danish Alam. A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident. The crash has once again drawn attention to the An-32 fleet, which remains one of…