Search for Missing Coast Guard Dornier enters Third Day

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
12-June, 2015 11:47 IST
Search for Missing Coast Guard Dornier enters Third Day

The search for missing CG aircraft continues uninterrupted by Coast Guard and Naval ships and aircraft for the third consecutive day. INS Sandhayak, a hydrographic survey vessel of the Navy, arrived in the area on the night of 11/12 Jun 15 and has commenced the search. The vessel is using its underwater detection equipment to detect any transmission from the Sonar Locater Beacon of the aircraft. Aerial search by Paramotors through Coastal Security Group of Tamil Nadu was undertaken 30 kms south of Cuddalore from 1330 - 1500 hrs of 11 Jun 15, along the coast over marshy mangroves, which is not approachable by sea. INS Sindhudhvaj, a submarine of the Indian Navy is expected to join the search by 13 June afternoon.

Assistance of the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) has also been sought for analysis of the Satellite imagery of the area, for possible location of the aircraft. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad has been requested to undertake SAR model programming for the missing aircraft and to identify the Most Probable Area (MPA). National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai has been approached for oceanographic analyses of the area around the datum and feasibility of deploying their Research Vessel 'Sagar Nidhi' for augmenting the subsurface search. A team from M/s Omcar Foundation, Thanjavur has been embarked onboard 'ICGS Sarang' for undertaking underwater photography and acoustic survey. Unrelenting efforts by Coast Guard and Naval ships /aircrafts to locate the missing Dornier and crew continues.

Constant interaction is being maintained with the family members of the air crew, and are being appraised on the progress of the search operation.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Dornier 228 crash rate is appalling.



Dornier 228 and Dornier 328 Plane Crashes



Dornier 228 Plane Crashes
The following numbered events involve the death of at least one airline passenger where the aircraft flight had a direct or indirect role, and where at least one of the dead passengers was not a stowaway, hijacker, or saboteur. The events that are not numbered are listed because they meet the criteria of a significant event as defined by AirSafe.com

1. 23 September 1989; Vayudoot Dornier 228; Ujani Dam, Pune India: The aircraft crashed into a dam en route in heavy rain. All three crew members and eight passengers were killed.
2. 19 April 1991; Air Tahiti Dornier 228-212; at sea near Nuku Hiva, Marqueses Islands: The aircraft had loss of power in both engines and ditched about 30 miles (50 km) off shore. One of the three crew members and 10 of the 19 passengers were killed.
3. 28 February 1993; Formosa Airlines Dornier 228-212; at sea near Orchid Island, Taiwan: The aircraft crashed into the sea during an approach in heavy rain. Both crew members and all four passengers were killed.
4. 31 July 1993; Everest Air Dornier 228; near Bharatpur, Nepal: The aircraft hit high ground in bad weather during approach. All three crew members and 16 passengers were killed.
5. 4 April 1996; Formosa Airlines Air Dornier 228; near Mastu Island, Taiwan: The aircraft crashed into the sea in foggy weather. The Dornier had been holding for 30 minutes due to reduced visibility. The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight from Taipei. The two crew members survived, but six of the 17 passengers were killed.
6. 10 August 1997; Formosa Airlines Dornier 228-212; Matsu Island, Taiwan: The aircraft abandoned the first approach due to bad visibility and high winds. On the second approach, the aircraft then flew into a 300m high mountain and burst into flames. Both crew members and all 14 passengers were killed.
7. 6 September 1997; Royal Brunei Airlines (Merpati Intan) Dornier 228-212; near Miri, Malaysia: The aircraft was inbound from Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) to Miri (Malaysia) during a night flight under visual conditions when it crashed into a hill. Both crew members and all eight passengers were killed.
8. 30 July 1998; Alliance Air HAL/Dornier 228-201; VT-EJW; Dornier 228-200; near Shikharpur, Nepal: The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Cochin to Thiruvananthapuram, India. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft pitched up uncontrollably, stalled, and crashed into a building. Improper maintenance led to a malfunction that caused an uncommanded downward movement of the horizontal stabilizer and subsequent control problems. All three crew members and three passengers were killed. Three people on the ground were also killed.
9. 7 August 1999; Cabo Verde Airlines Dornier 228;-200; Santo Antao Island, Cape Verde: The aircraft, which was owned by the Cape Verde Coast Guard and was in airline service as a temporary replacement aircraft, crashed into high ground while returning to the departure airport. The air turn back was due to low visibility due to rain and fog. Both crew members and all 16 passengers were killed.
10. 24 August 2010; Agni Air; 9N-AHE; Dornier 228-200; near Shikharpur, Nepal: The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, Nepal. Due to weather conditions at Lukla, the aircraft was returning to Kathmandu, but crashed near Shikharpur, Nepal, about 50 miles (80 km) from Kathmandu. All three crew members and 11 passengers were killed.
11. 14 May 2012; Agni Air; Dornier 228-200; 9N-AIG; near Marpha, Nepal: The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara to Jomson, Nepal, and crashed into the side of a mountain near Marpha, Nepal. Shortly before the crash, the crew had turned back toward Pokhara because of weather conditions at Jomson. Two of the three crew members and 13 of the 18 passengers were killed.
12. 28 September 2012; Sita Air Dornier 228;-200; 9N-AHA; Flight 601; Kathmandu, Nepal: The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, Nepal, and crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft reportedly struck a vulture about 50 feet off the ground. The bird hit the right engine, and the plane crashed while the crew was attempting to returen to the airport. All three crew members and 16 passengers were killed.
    About the Dornier 228

Dornier 328 Plane Crashes

1. 25 February 1999; Minerva Airlines Dornier 328; Genoa, Italy: The aircraft overran the runway after a flight from Cagliari, Sandina and came to rest in water. One of the four crew members and three of the 27 passengers were killed.

 

[Umair Nawaz]

ISI has hijacked it.

 

[third eye]

ISI has hijacked it.

Misplaced & uncalled for attempt a humour

An aircraft with its crew is missing, a modicum of respect is expected please.

 

[The_Sidewinder]

Minute by minute, chances of finding the crew members are fading.

 

[Hindustani78]

Minute by minute, chances of finding the crew members are fading.

Naval survey ship picks up signals from missing Dornier aircraft: Defence Ministry | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 14:05

Chennai: The search for the missing Dornier aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) entered its fifth day on Saturday.

Intense and sustained efforts to search and locate the missing ICG aircraft are continuing round the clock by ships of the ICG and the Indian Navy in areas of probability for the last 96 hours.

Twelve Coast Guard and Naval ships along with patrol boats of the Coastal Security group are involved in the search.

In addition, Naval submarine INS Sindhudhwaj and survey ship INS Sandhayak equipped with Sound Navigation And Ranging (SONAR) will be joining the search operation, shortly, for assisting in the underwater search.

More than 60 hours of air search has been undertaken by the Coast Guard Dornier and the IN long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8I. The search area is also being re-appreciated after analysing the reports received from the search units.

Water samples from the area of oil patches reported by ICG Dornier has been sent for analysis. The search operation continues.

ANI

 

[The_Sidewinder]

Naval survey ship picks up signals from missing Dornier aircraft: Defence Ministry | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 14:05

Chennai: The search for the missing Dornier aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) entered its fifth day on Saturday.

Intense and sustained efforts to search and locate the missing ICG aircraft are continuing round the clock by ships of the ICG and the Indian Navy in areas of probability for the last 96 hours.

Twelve Coast Guard and Naval ships along with patrol boats of the Coastal Security group are involved in the search.

In addition, Naval submarine INS Sindhudhwaj and survey ship INS Sandhayak equipped with Sound Navigation And Ranging (SONAR) will be joining the search operation, shortly, for assisting in the underwater search.

More than 60 hours of air search has been undertaken by the Coast Guard Dornier and the IN long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8I. The search area is also being re-appreciated after analysing the reports received from the search units.

Water samples from the area of oil patches reported by ICG Dornier has been sent for analysis. The search operation continues.

ANI

I hope we will find them soon. Though I rather doubt about the crews well being.

 

[Hindustani78]

I hope we will find them soon. Though I rather doubt about the crews well being.

Missing Dornier Coast Guard aircraft: Intermittent transmission detected - The Hindu


Raising hopes of getting a clue in locating the missing Coast Guard Dornier, a hydrographic vessel of the Navy has detected intermittent transmission while searching near the last known location of the aircraft.

"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 Coast Guard statement said on Saturday.

The transmission was around the position where the Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar had lost contact of the aircraft, it said.

Meanwhile, another patch of multi-coloured sheen of oil in concentric circles was sighted last evening.

"We found this oil patch last evening. This is different from the patch which we found earlier. The sample of oil has been sent to the laboratory for analysis," a Coast Guard official told The Hindu.

While submarine INS Sindhudhvaj was expected to reach the search area late in the evening for further augmentation of sub-surface search, the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has also diverted its research vessel 'Sagar Nidhi'.

Reliance India Limited has been approached to extend services of the Multi Support Vessel (MSV) with Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) for underwater operations.

Dornier CG 791 of the Coast Guard went missing with three officers on board while it was returning from a regular surveillance sortie last Monday evening. The last known location of the aircraft was 16 nautical miles off Chidambaram coast at 9.23 p.m. on Monday.

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Reliance India is having Magnum 169 , Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)

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The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle developed by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute seen at the Idukki reservoir in Kerala in this file picture. Photo: CMERI

The ‘AUV-150,' as the prototype is named, is built to operate 150 metres under the sea. It was developed in technical collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.

The performance parameters of the lab-scale model, developed by IIT, acted as a precursor to the prototype developed by CSIR-CMERI. The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

CMERI Director Gautam Biswas said: “The National Institute of Ocean Technology [NIOT] earlier developed a Remotely Operated Vehicle [ROV] with the capability to dive much deeper. Our vehicle, however, is different in that it is not remotely operated from a control station ashore. It has an onboard computer that can be pre-programmed to carry out specific tasks, which makes it a smart vehicle endowed with the ability to devise its own stratagems to execute a mission. The payload and the configuration are determined by the nature of the mission it is tasked with.”

The CSIR-CMERI held numerous meetings with experts from IIT-Kharagpur and NIOT during the development of the vehicle.

“We also made a presentation at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory [NSTL] at Visakhapatnam, which is developing its own AUV. The AUV-150 is one of the major projects executed by the CSIR family, and based on a few such projects, a joint R&D Council of CSIR-DRDO has been formed. The Indian Navy has also shown immense interest in our project,” Professor Biswas said.

The ‘AUV-150' was developed by a team of scientists of the Robotics and Automation division of CSIR-CMERI under the leadership of S.N. Shome.

 

[Imran Khan]

some signals found

 

[Manindra]

Does not blackbox have transmitter which start transmitting signal when drown in water ?

 

[Hindustani78]

Coast Guard expects information soon on missing aircraft

Chennai, June 14, 2015 (IANS)
The Indian Coast Guard is expecting some concrete information on its missing Dornier aircraft with a submarine joining the search operations, an officer said on Sunday.

The Coast Guard also refuted television reports of the aircraft being located under water.
"The submarine (INS Sindhudhavaj) has started its search in the area where the aircraft is suspected to have fallen," a Coast Guard officer told IANS.

"Today, b late evening we should get some information on the missing aircraft. The television reports of locating the aircraft underwater are totally wrong," he added.

According to him, the aircraft manufacturer is also being requested to assist in the deciphering the reason for the its disappearance.

This is the second Dornier aircraft that went down with three crew in the recent times.

The latest incident comes within months of a Dornier-228 of the Indian Navy with three crew going down in the Arabian Sea off the Goa coast, killing two. The March crash was the first involving a Dornier, inducted by the navy in the mid-90s.

According to the Coast Guard official, there is no similarity of pattern between the two aircrafts -the one that went down last December and the missing aircraft.

"We are doing various studies on the probable cause of aircraft missing," the official said.

He said the Dornier aircraft has an emergency exit.

"Unless we get the flight data recorder or see the missing aircraft we cannot tell anything," he said. He also said the tests of multi-coloured oil sheen found on the sea turned negative.

On Saturday survey ship INS Sandhayak, undertaking a sub-surface search, detected intermittent transmission of 37.5 khz, likely to be from the sonar locator beacon of the missing aircraft, the Coast Guard said in a statement issued here.

"The transmission is from around the position where the air traffic control radar lost contact of the aircraft on Monday night," the statement added.

Ever since the Coast Guard aircraft with three crew members went off the radar around 9.23 p.m. on Monday, an intensive search is on for the last six days to locate it.

The Coast Guard also requested Reliance India Ltd to extend services of a multi-support vessel with remote-operated underwater vehicle for underwater search.

National Institute of Ocean Technology's research vessel Sagar Nidhi was likely to arrive in the search area on June 14 to augment the search.

The missing Dornier had on board Deputy Commandant Vidyasagar as pilot, his co-pilot and Deputy Commandant Subash Suresh and navigator/observer M.K. Soni - all in their 30s.

The missing aircraft was deployed for surveillance along the Tamil Nadu coast and over Palk Bay.

It took off from Chennai airport around 6 p.m. on June 8 for a surveillance sortie and on its way back it went missing, said a Coast Guard official.

The last contact with the aircraft was at 9 p.m. on Monday while its last known location, as per Trichy radar, was off Karaikal in Puducherry where it was tracked till 9.23 p.m., 95 nautical miles south of Chennai.

"The aircraft was the latest induction in the Coast Guard inventory in 2014 and was being flown by a highly experienced crew," an official statement said.

 

[Hindustani78]

Naval sub begins underwater search for missing Dornier plane
Chennai, Jun 14, 2015, (PTI):
Naval submarine INS Sindhudhvaj has begun underwater search along the Tamil Nadu coastline to trace the missing Coast Guard Dornier aircraft even as an expert team started scouring the area to locate the plane's cockpit voice data recorder.

"Submarine INS Sindhudhvaj arrived in the area (coastline in Karikkal-Cuddalore region) late yesterday and commenced underwater search," a Coast Guard statement here said.

The search is to confirm the transmission of 37.5 Khz from sonar locator beacon of the missing aircraft, reported by INS Sandhayak on June 12, it said, adding, the "outcome of submarine search is expected by late evening".

"In order to provide further fillip to the search, ICGS Vigraha has embarked with a National Institute of Oceanography (NIOT) team and a black box detector. The search probe will be lowered at sea for reception of the signal from the beacon of the aircraft," the statement said.

Inspector General S P Sharma, Commander, Coast Guard (East), Chennai, told PTI that the missing aircraft is equipped with a cockpit voice data recorder.

"Our team of four scientists is on board a Coast Guard ship to help locate the cockpit voice data recorder of the missing plane," Director of Chennai-based NIOT, M A Atmanand said.

Meanwhile, the search for the missing aircraft and its three-member crew by CG and Naval ships and aircraft continued for the sixth consecutive day today.

Eight ships and aircraft of CG and Navy have been deployed for the search with the Coast Guard and naval aircraft logging in 124 hours in the operations.

National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad was requested by the Coast Guard to provide it the satellite imagery for analysis of the area for possible location of the aircraft.

"NRSC has intimated presence of cloud cover in the most probable area precluding detection of any object on sea surface. Second imagery by the microwave satellite is scheduled today evening," the statement added.

The Coast Guard Dornier plane went missing on June 8 along Tamil Nadu's coastline during a routine maritime surveillance sortie. The aircraft had taken off from here.

 

[Thorough Pro]

what was it's last known location? nay maps to show search area?

 

[Hindustani78]

Missing Dornier aircraft: Wife of pilot seeks PM's assistance
Chennai, Jun 16, 2015 (PTI)
With intense search operations to trace the ill-fated Coast Guard flight that went missing on June 8 still on, the wife of one of the officers on-board has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help in the matter "@PMOIndia 8 days since my husband Subhash Suresh pilot of CG791 missing. Request your attention," Deepa Subhash wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter, tagging the Prime Minister's official handle.
Deputy Commandant Suresh Subhash was one of the three officers onboard the ill-fated plane that went missing on June 8 while on a routine sortie.

A battery of ships and helicopters besides submarine and other underwater gadgets have been deployed to find the Dornier CG 791 whose signal had been received recently.

After Deepa posted the Tweet with hash-tag "[HASHTAG]#FindSubash[/HASHTAG]", the post was retweeted by various members of the Twitterati, in an apparent gesture of support and for comforting the young woman who posted a photo of her husband as her profile picture.

Meanwhile, Amruta Soni, the wife of MK Soni, another officer on-board the aircraft, also made a similar appeal.

"@PMOIndia My husband Dy. Comdt. [HASHTAG]#MKSoni[/HASHTAG] & his crew missing for 8days now. [HASHTAG]#FindMKSoni[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#ICGDornier[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#FindCrew[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#RealHeroes[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#PrayForThem[/HASHTAG]", Amruta tweeted.


Deputy commandant Subhash Suresh


Dornier pilot's wife tweets PM for help. Deepa Lakshmi

 

[Hindustani78]

Missing Coast Guard plane: Reliance Industries vessel to join search today | Zee News

Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015 - 09:13

Zee Media Bureau

Chennai: Days after a Dornier aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard went missing, a Reliance Industries vessel is expected to join the search on Friday morning.


The Reliance Industries vessel has remotely operated equipment for the search.

It is expected to arrive here this morning.

Coast Guard officials said there has been no trace yet of the surveillance aircraft, which vanished mysteriously on June 8 night.

The aircraft with three crew members -- all in their 30s -- went missing while returning to base after a regular surveillance sortie.

Since June 9, the Coast Guard and the Indian Navy have been scouting the Bay of Bengal areas near the Indian coast off Puducherry, but have achieved no results in locating the missing plane.

Coast Guard officials met reporters after family members of the missing crew started speaking to the media and posting messages on social networking sites like Twitter.

One of the family members urged officials to seek foreign technological assistance to locate the missing plane and the crew members.

(With IANS inputs)