Itanagar, May 1: 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.
 Krishna discussed with Thinley the issue of logistical support to those involved in search operations along the Indo-Bhutan border, sources said in Delhi.
 Krishna thanked the Bhutanese Prime Minister for the support being rendered by his government and requested for more teams to be sent for the search.

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