New Delhi: Finding no trace of the An-32 aircraft that went missing over the Bay of Bengal on July 22, two specialised vessels have now been deployed to beef up the search.
Oceanographic research vessel Samundra Ratnakar of the Geological Survey of India and research vessel Sagar Nidhi of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) will undertake sea bed profiling. Sagar Nidhi, which was in Mauritius, was specifically called in for the purpose and it joined the search on Monday, a Coast Guard officer told The Hindu on Wednesday.
“They are aiding in the sub-surface domain. They are capable of sonar search up to the depths at which the aircraft is believed to be. They are continuing their search,” the officer said.
Assistance of these vessels was requested after the searching aircraft and ships failed to pick up any signal or visible signs of the aircraft. They have submersibles, which can be sent deep once a possible location is identified.
Meanwhile, ships and aircraft of the Navy, the Coast Guard and the IAF and a submarine are continuing the search both in surface and sub-surface domains.
11/08/16 The Hindu
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Oceanographic research vessel Samundra Ratnakar of the Geological Survey of India and research vessel Sagar Nidhi of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) will undertake sea bed profiling. Sagar Nidhi, which was in Mauritius, was specifically called in for the purpose and it joined the search on Monday, a Coast Guard officer told The Hindu on Wednesday.
“They are aiding in the sub-surface domain. They are capable of sonar search up to the depths at which the aircraft is believed to be. They are continuing their search,” the officer said.
Assistance of these vessels was requested after the searching aircraft and ships failed to pick up any signal or visible signs of the aircraft. They have submersibles, which can be sent deep once a possible location is identified.
Meanwhile, ships and aircraft of the Navy, the Coast Guard and the IAF and a submarine are continuing the search both in surface and sub-surface domains.
11/08/16 The Hindu
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