Op Talaash: Human Remains of Missing Aircraft Crew Found
Human remains were found along with parts of the Dornier aircraft which went missing over a month ago.
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Search Operation Talaash for the missing coast guard aircraft was called off last night as human remains were recovered along with personal belongings of the crew members.
Dornier CG-791 was reported to have been missing since June 9. A massive search operation by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy was launched immediately.
Eighty per cent of the aircraft’s parts have been retrieved, besides human bones and wrist watches from the sea bed.
- S P Sharma, IG, Coast Guard
The authorities have called the families of the crew to carry out DNA tests to identify the deceased as well as to collect the remains and personal effects.
The Coast Guard is in consultation with the Tamil Nadu Forensic and Science Laboratory to carry out the DNA tests.
Major results in the search operations came on July 10.
Reliance Industries vessel ‘Olympic Canyon’ and a submarine from National Institute Of Ocean Technology were involved in the operation.
The crew comprised of pilot S Vidhya Sagar, co-pilot Subash Suresh and observer M K Soni.
As the events unfold in terms of decoding the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder and establishing the identity of the crew, I am sure the board of enquiry will submit its report as early as possible.
- SP Sharma, IG, Coast Guard
Last contact with the aircraft was at about 9 pm on June 8, and the Trichy radar tracked the aircraft until 10.23 pm at 95 nautical miles south of Chennai.
(With inputs from PTI)