Tambaram - Port Blair

On July 22, 2016 at 12:00 AM, Tambaram - Port Blair experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-32, operated by Indian Air Force - Bharatiya Vayu Sena, with the event recorded near Bay of Bengal All World.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 29 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 23, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine aircraft departed Tambaram AFB (southwest of Chennai) at 0830LT for a 3-hour flight to Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands. While cruising at the assigned altitude of 23,000 feet about 280 km east of Chennai, the aircraft entered a left turn then an uncontrolled descent until it crashed in the sea. SAR operations were initiated but definitively abandoned on 3 October 2016 as no trace of the aircraft nor the 29 occupants was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration K2743, MSN 08 09, year of manufacture 1986.