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6 bodies, mortal remains of 7 air warriors recovered from AN-32 crash site

12:44 PM Jun 20, 2019 | Team Udayavani |

New Delhi: Six bodies and mortal remains of seven air warriors have been found from the crash site of AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday.

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The wreckage of the aircraft, which went missing on June 3 was spotted after a week-long search by a Mi-17 helicopter on June 11.

Teams of Air Force and Army personnel, local mountaineers were dropped near the crash site a day after to search for bodies or the possible survivors in the crash.

After struggling against bad weather for more than a week, the rescuers on Thursday retrieved six bodies and mortal remains of seven air warriors.

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