In a major scare, an Indian Air Force plane carrying Union Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj lost contact with air traffic control for almost 14 minutes on Sunday. Sushma Swaraj, who was traveling to Mauritius for the BRICS summit, departed from Thiruvananthapuram at 2.08 pm.

While the aircraft changed over from Indian airspace and established contact with the Male air traffic control (ATC) at 4.44 pm, it could not contact Mauritius ATC after entering Mauritius airspace, the Airports Authority of India said in a statement.

SOURCE:GULTE.COM