No trace of Arunachal CM's missing helicopter on Day 2

The helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others remained untraced for the second day today as inclement weather hampered a massive ground and aerial search involving Sukhoi war planes, several choppers and satellite imagery.

Two IAF Sukhois from Bareilly and a MI-17 of IAF joined hundreds of personnel of Army, SSB, ITBP and police in the searches but failed to locate the chopper that went missing yesterday after taking off from Tawang for Itanagar.

Satellite images sought by the Centre from ISRO also did not give any clue as the area where the helicopter ferrying Khandu, 56, went missing was under cloud cover, Indian Space Research Organisation said.

"The images are cloud-covered and so far nothing could be spotted," ISRO spokesperson Satish said in Bangalore.

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna spoke to Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley seeking assistance in the search.