1986 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance

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{{Short description|Airplane disappearance}}

{{Infobox aircraft occurrence

| name = 1986 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance

| image = K2717 Antonov An.32 Indian Air Force (8414615752).jpg

| image_upright = 1.1591

| caption = An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32, similar to the missing aircraft.

| alt =

| date = {{start date|1986|03|25|df=y}}

| summary = Disappeared over Arabian Sea{{cite web |title=Accident description |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860325-1 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |access-date=19 February 2024}}

| occurrence_type = Disappearance

| site = Arabian Sea, India

| origin = Muscat-Seeb Airport, Oman

| destination = Jamnagar, Gujarat, India[http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories3291_MH370_Rekindling_Memories_IAF_AN-32.htm MH370: Rekindling Memories of IAF’s AN-32] India Strategic 27 October 2017 {{dead link|date=February 2024}}

| occupants = 7

| passengers = 3

| crew = 4

| fatalities = 7 (presumed)

| survivors = 0 (presumed)

| missing = 7

| aircraft_type = Antonov An-32

| operator = {{air force|IND|1950}}

| tail_number = K2729

}}

On 25 March 1986, an Antonov An-32 twin engine turboprop transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force disappeared while flying over the Arabian Sea. The aircraft was on a three-aircraft ferry flight from the Soviet Union en route to India from Muscat-Seeb Airport, Oman, to Jamnagar, Gujarat, in India. There were 7 people on board. The last contact with the aircraft was 1 hour and 18 minutes after takeoff.

The Indian Air Force has suffered other similar incidents, mainly involving Antonov An-32 aircraft in 2016 and 2019 (both later found).