Visakhapatnam: The search for the missing Dornier of the Coast Guard has received a boost with a remote-operated vessel (ROV) of Reliance Industries joining the underwater search operation 10 days after the aircraft went off the radar near Puducherry.
The Coast Guard’s search operation now involves nine ships, including a submarine and the ROV, apart from 10 boats and a host of small fishing vessels.
“Our aircraft are chipping in with the aerial survey,” Coast Guard Inspector-General (Eastern Region) S.P. Sharma told The Hindu on the telephone from Chennai.
The Dornier, with two pilots and a navigator, went missing off the Puducherry coast on the night of June 8.
It was on a surveillance mission along the coastline of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The ROV has been redeployed to the search operation upon the Coast Guard’s request.
20/06/15 GS Subrahmanyam/The Hindu
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The Coast Guard’s search operation now involves nine ships, including a submarine and the ROV, apart from 10 boats and a host of small fishing vessels.
“Our aircraft are chipping in with the aerial survey,” Coast Guard Inspector-General (Eastern Region) S.P. Sharma told The Hindu on the telephone from Chennai.
The Dornier, with two pilots and a navigator, went missing off the Puducherry coast on the night of June 8.
It was on a surveillance mission along the coastline of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The ROV has been redeployed to the search operation upon the Coast Guard’s request.
20/06/15 GS Subrahmanyam/The Hindu
