Chennai/New Delhi: Hopes of finding alive the 29 personnel on board the missing AN 32 aircraft in the Bay of Bengal receded today as no survivor or debris have been located despite a massive search and rescue operation launched four days ago.
A matter of "concern" is that the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) on the aircraft did not function which has made the search operation very tough.
"It is very unfortunate that we have not been able to trace the missing aircraft and the personnel on board. It is a very difficult moment for all of us and we share the concerns of the distraught family members," chief of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said in New Delhi.
The AN-32 aircraft which went off radar 16 minutes after taking off from nearby Tambaram airbase on its way to Port Blair on July 22.
Amid criticism in some quarters about the existing over 100 AN 32 aircraft and how they have outrun their life, Raha sought to defend it saying in the last three decades of its operations, IAF has exploited the capabilities of this aircraft as the workhorse of the force.
25/07/16 PTI/Economic Times
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A matter of "concern" is that the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) on the aircraft did not function which has made the search operation very tough.
"It is very unfortunate that we have not been able to trace the missing aircraft and the personnel on board. It is a very difficult moment for all of us and we share the concerns of the distraught family members," chief of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said in New Delhi.
The AN-32 aircraft which went off radar 16 minutes after taking off from nearby Tambaram airbase on its way to Port Blair on July 22.
Amid criticism in some quarters about the existing over 100 AN 32 aircraft and how they have outrun their life, Raha sought to defend it saying in the last three decades of its operations, IAF has exploited the capabilities of this aircraft as the workhorse of the force.
25/07/16 PTI/Economic Times
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