Aircraft & choppers launched for search and rescue(SAR) operations for the missing IAF AN-32 plane have returned to Tambaram air base, Chennai due to low visibility.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in Chennai on Saturday to monitor search operations for the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft. He boarded an aircraft from Chennai’s Tambaram airport for an aerial survey of the operation.
He was briefed on the search operations at INS Rajali, the Naval Air station.
The search operations are still on but have yielded no result yet.
18 naval and Indian coast guard ships have also been deployed in respective search areas. Various aircrafts including P8I, C130 and Dorniers are attempting to locate the missing aircraft.
The aircraft went missing on Friday, en route from Chennai’s Tambaram airport to Port Blair. It was supposed to land at Port Blair at 11:30, but authorities reportedly lost contact with the aircraft at 8:46 am.
More than six aircrafts and 17 ships had been deployed on Friday for search and rescue operations. Among the 29 passengers on board were 11 navy personnel, three Air Force pilots, two pilots, a coast guard, and eight civilians from the Andaman Nicobar Command.
23/07/16 Suhasini Krishnan/The Quint
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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in Chennai on Saturday to monitor search operations for the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft. He boarded an aircraft from Chennai’s Tambaram airport for an aerial survey of the operation.
He was briefed on the search operations at INS Rajali, the Naval Air station.
The search operations are still on but have yielded no result yet.
18 naval and Indian coast guard ships have also been deployed in respective search areas. Various aircrafts including P8I, C130 and Dorniers are attempting to locate the missing aircraft.
The aircraft went missing on Friday, en route from Chennai’s Tambaram airport to Port Blair. It was supposed to land at Port Blair at 11:30, but authorities reportedly lost contact with the aircraft at 8:46 am.
More than six aircrafts and 17 ships had been deployed on Friday for search and rescue operations. Among the 29 passengers on board were 11 navy personnel, three Air Force pilots, two pilots, a coast guard, and eight civilians from the Andaman Nicobar Command.
23/07/16 Suhasini Krishnan/The Quint
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