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No slowing down in search operations for missing IAF plane: Coast Guard

ByIANS, Chennai
Jul 31, 2016 09:38 PM IST

There is no stepping down of search operations for the Indian Air Force’s missing AN-32 plane despite no signs of debris or oil slick on the sea surface, said a senior Indian Coast Guard official on Sunday.

There is no stepping down of search operations for the Indian Air Force’s missing AN-32 plane despite no signs of debris or oil slick on the sea surface, said a senior Indian Coast Guard official on Sunday.

Indian Airforce personal stand guard at Tambaram Air Force Station in Chennai. An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 transport plane carrying 29 personnel is missing after it took off for Port Blair from Chennai.(AFP)
Indian Airforce personal stand guard at Tambaram Air Force Station in Chennai. An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 transport plane carrying 29 personnel is missing after it took off for Port Blair from Chennai.(AFP)

“Whether it is Coast Guard or Indian Navy or IAF, the search operations have not been slowed or stepped down,” the official, who did not want to be named, told IANS.

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He said now hopes are pinned on the the Sagar Nidhi vessel belonging to National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) that is expected to join search operations soon.

The ship has the capacity to search under water and is expected to join search operations on August 2 or 3.

The plane with 29 people on board went missing shortly after taking off from Chennai for Port Blair. The recorded transcript of air traffic radar showed the last pick up of the aircraft was 151 nautical miles east of Chennai when it took a left turn with rapid loss of height from 23,000 feet.

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