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Missing Dornier Aircraft's Beacon Signals Picked Up By Navy Ship
New Delhi: A Navy ship has picked up beacon signals from what is likely to be a Dornier aircraft that went missing off the coast of Chennai on Monday with three crew members on board.
INS Sandhyak picked up the signals south of Puducherry, between Port Novo and Karaikal, close to where the Coast Guard's aircraft is said to have disappeared.
"INS Sandhyak undertaking sub-surface search, detected intermittent transmission of 37.5 Khz, likely to be from the Sonar Locator Beacon (SLB) of the missing aircraft," a statement from the Defence Ministry said today. It also said that "a multi coloured sheen of oil in concentric circles was sighted which indicated oozing of oil," adding that the "sample of oil has been sent to the laboratory for analysis.
Earlier on Thursday, test reports had found no trace of aviation fuel in water samples from a suspected oil spill in the sea.
The Dornier that took off from Chennai on Monday evening on a routine surveillance flight was last tracked 16 kilometres east off Chidambaram coast by radar in Trichy at 9:23 pm.
The aircraft was being flown by Deputy Commandant Vidyasagar and had on board Deputy Commandant MK Soni, the co-pilot, and Navigator Deputy Commandant Subash Suresh.
A fleet of 15 ships including a submarine, INS Sindhudhwaj have been deployed in search operations to trace the missing aircraft.
The Coast Guard has roped in experienced divers, scientists and microbiologists as part of efforts to locate the Dornier. The department has also sought the assistance of the National Institute of Ocean Technology and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services.
New Delhi: A Navy ship has picked up beacon signals from what is likely to be a Dornier aircraft that went missing off the coast of Chennai on Monday with three crew members on board.
INS Sandhyak picked up the signals south of Puducherry, between Port Novo and Karaikal, close to where the Coast Guard's aircraft is said to have disappeared.
"INS Sandhyak undertaking sub-surface search, detected intermittent transmission of 37.5 Khz, likely to be from the Sonar Locator Beacon (SLB) of the missing aircraft," a statement from the Defence Ministry said today. It also said that "a multi coloured sheen of oil in concentric circles was sighted which indicated oozing of oil," adding that the "sample of oil has been sent to the laboratory for analysis.
Earlier on Thursday, test reports had found no trace of aviation fuel in water samples from a suspected oil spill in the sea.
The Dornier that took off from Chennai on Monday evening on a routine surveillance flight was last tracked 16 kilometres east off Chidambaram coast by radar in Trichy at 9:23 pm.
The aircraft was being flown by Deputy Commandant Vidyasagar and had on board Deputy Commandant MK Soni, the co-pilot, and Navigator Deputy Commandant Subash Suresh.
A fleet of 15 ships including a submarine, INS Sindhudhwaj have been deployed in search operations to trace the missing aircraft.
The Coast Guard has roped in experienced divers, scientists and microbiologists as part of efforts to locate the Dornier. The department has also sought the assistance of the National Institute of Ocean Technology and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services.
