It was an unrelenting efforts for 693 hours of surface and 196 hours of air efforts that led to the recovery of the human remains and wreckage of the Coast Guard Dornier aircraft, which went missing 36 days ago.
The unprecedented search operation was carried out by the Indian Coast Guard, Navy, other government agencies and Reliance Industries Limited. The remains were recovered from the seabed at the depth of 990 metres.
ICG Dornier CG-791 was airborne from Chennai International Airport for routine night surveillance on June 8, 2015, and was scheduled to return to base at 2200 hrs. The last known position of aircraft by Trichy Radar was 32 miles North-East of Karaikal. At 2124 hrs, the International Maritime Satellite (INMARSAT) terminal onboard also suddenly powered off. Promptly the Regional Headquarters (East), launched a massive Search And Rescue (SAR) operation code named Operation TALASH to locate the overdue aircraft.
15/07/15 IBNLIVE.com
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The unprecedented search operation was carried out by the Indian Coast Guard, Navy, other government agencies and Reliance Industries Limited. The remains were recovered from the seabed at the depth of 990 metres.
ICG Dornier CG-791 was airborne from Chennai International Airport for routine night surveillance on June 8, 2015, and was scheduled to return to base at 2200 hrs. The last known position of aircraft by Trichy Radar was 32 miles North-East of Karaikal. At 2124 hrs, the International Maritime Satellite (INMARSAT) terminal onboard also suddenly powered off. Promptly the Regional Headquarters (East), launched a massive Search And Rescue (SAR) operation code named Operation TALASH to locate the overdue aircraft.
15/07/15 IBNLIVE.com
