Indian military plane goes missing

An Indian military plane with more than 20 people on board went missing over Bay of Bengal, Indian air force says.

The Antonov-32 transporter aircraft took off from Chennai (Madras) in southern India at 8.30 am (local time) for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar.

It was scheduled to land at 11.30am. A search operation has been launched.