<p>An Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft made a forced landing in Assam following a technical snag. No one was hurt in the incident that took place while checking its airworthiness.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The AN-32 plane force-landed in Assam’s Jorhat airbase in the past week. The aircraft was damaged, but no one was injured.<br /><br />The AN-32 is known as the workhorse of the IAF’s transport fleet. It can be operated in various climate conditions and the aircraft has a high manoeuvrability of flights to the mountain airfields with difficult approaches. <br /><br />Army spokesperson Lt Col S S Phogat, who is based in the Narengi Army base in Guwahati, confirmed the incident and said that the plane was force landed as it developed a technical snag.<br /><br />“The plane had undergone some re-fitment of mechanical parts...a routine activity to test the airworthiness,” he said.<br /><br />He added that the aircraft developed some technical snag while in the sky and it then had to force land.<br /><br />An inquiry has been ordered into the incident, the army officer said.</p>
<p>An Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft made a forced landing in Assam following a technical snag. No one was hurt in the incident that took place while checking its airworthiness.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The AN-32 plane force-landed in Assam’s Jorhat airbase in the past week. The aircraft was damaged, but no one was injured.<br /><br />The AN-32 is known as the workhorse of the IAF’s transport fleet. It can be operated in various climate conditions and the aircraft has a high manoeuvrability of flights to the mountain airfields with difficult approaches. <br /><br />Army spokesperson Lt Col S S Phogat, who is based in the Narengi Army base in Guwahati, confirmed the incident and said that the plane was force landed as it developed a technical snag.<br /><br />“The plane had undergone some re-fitment of mechanical parts...a routine activity to test the airworthiness,” he said.<br /><br />He added that the aircraft developed some technical snag while in the sky and it then had to force land.<br /><br />An inquiry has been ordered into the incident, the army officer said.</p>