An Indian military plane with 29 people on board has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal amid inclement weather, the Indian air force (IAF) has confirmed.

The BBC News reported, the IAF's AN-32 plane took off from Tambaram in Chennai (Madras) at 08:30 local time (03:00 GMT) for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It lost radar contact around 8:45 am. It was scheduled to land in Port Blair at 11.30 am.

A joint search and rescue operation has been launched by the Navy, the Coast Guard and the IAF. There are 29 people on board including six crew members.

The Navy has involved one Donier aircraft, one P8I aircraft and four ships,  Gharial, Karmukh, Jyoti and Kuthar for its search operation.

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