What happened
The incident involved a C-47A military transport aircraft conducting a scheduled cargo mission between Lalmonirhat and Chabua. The plane failed to reach its intended destination, prompting search and rescue operations that initially yielded no results. Eventually, the wreckage was located in a remote, uninhabited mountainous area within the Sakden region of eastern Bhutan.
Investigations revealed that at the time of the accident, the aircraft was not following the correct flight path toward Chabua Air Force Base. The crash resulted in three fatalities, as all occupants on board were killed.