Underwater search ops starts
Chennai:
The underwater search to locate Indian Coastguard’s missing Dornier
and three crew members would start on Friday night when Indian Navy
submarine INS Sindhudhwaj and survey ship INS Sandhayak equipped with
sonar will be assisting the search the rescue operations.
There has been little luck even as 12 Coast Guard
and Indian Navy ships are scouring the area along with the Dorniers of
Coast Guard, Indian Navy’s long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft
P8I and patrol boats of Coastal Security Group.
A total of 60 hours of air search has already been undertaken by the
Indian Coast Guard Dornier and Indian Navy’s long range maritime
reconnaissance aircraft.
Even the traces of oil found off the Karaikal Coast failed to confirm
that it was aviation fuel. Inspector General SP Sharma, Commander,
Indian Coast Guard (East) said that the test conducted by the Indian
Oil Corporation on the oil samples to ascertain whether it was
aviation fuel was negative.
Meanwhile, the search area is being expanded after analyzing the
reports from the search units. Sharma said that Indian Coast Guard has
sought the expertise of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
Services (INCOIS).
INCOIS has a search and rescue model based on a set of mathematical
calculations of the current and wind in the ocean. Under the system,
INCOIS could provide accurate information on the current of the water
and wind around a particular place where the aircraft is suspected to
have gone missing.
The direction and strength of the current and wind could help identify
where the aircraft could be at the moment.
Meanwhile, the aerial search by Coastal Security Group of Tamil Nadu
Police using Paramotors was also undertaken. Coast Guard has also
sought the services of National Institute of Ocean Technology research
vessel to locate the crew. NIOT director M A Atmanand said that they
are considering Indian Coastguard’s request
Chennai:
The underwater search to locate Indian Coastguard’s missing Dornier
and three crew members would start on Friday night when Indian Navy
submarine INS Sindhudhwaj and survey ship INS Sandhayak equipped with
sonar will be assisting the search the rescue operations.
There has been little luck even as 12 Coast Guard
and Indian Navy ships are scouring the area along with the Dorniers of
Coast Guard, Indian Navy’s long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft
P8I and patrol boats of Coastal Security Group.
A total of 60 hours of air search has already been undertaken by the
Indian Coast Guard Dornier and Indian Navy’s long range maritime
reconnaissance aircraft.
Even the traces of oil found off the Karaikal Coast failed to confirm
that it was aviation fuel. Inspector General SP Sharma, Commander,
Indian Coast Guard (East) said that the test conducted by the Indian
Oil Corporation on the oil samples to ascertain whether it was
aviation fuel was negative.
Meanwhile, the search area is being expanded after analyzing the
reports from the search units. Sharma said that Indian Coast Guard has
sought the expertise of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
Services (INCOIS).
INCOIS has a search and rescue model based on a set of mathematical
calculations of the current and wind in the ocean. Under the system,
INCOIS could provide accurate information on the current of the water
and wind around a particular place where the aircraft is suspected to
have gone missing.
The direction and strength of the current and wind could help identify
where the aircraft could be at the moment.
Meanwhile, the aerial search by Coastal Security Group of Tamil Nadu
Police using Paramotors was also undertaken. Coast Guard has also
sought the services of National Institute of Ocean Technology research
vessel to locate the crew. NIOT director M A Atmanand said that they
are considering Indian Coastguard’s request
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