Transmission detected from Dornier missing off Chennai coast
Chennai, June 13: The Indian Coast Guard officials said on Saturday that INS Sandhyak, undertaking sub-surface search for the missing Dornier, has detected intermittent transmission of 37.5 Khz, likely to be from the Sonar Locator Beacon (SLB) of the aircraft.
An official said that for the past 110 hours various naval and ICG assets have been conducting non-stop search operations.
The transmission has been detected around the same position where the Air Traffic Control radar had lost contact with the aircraft.
ICG says a multi coloured sheen of oil in concentric circles was sighted which indicated oozing of oil. The sample of oil has been sent to the laboratory for analysis.
To augment the search operations, the National Institute of Ocean Technology has diverted its research vessel Sagar Nidhi.
The officials have sought the help of Reliance to rope in their Multi Support Vessel (MSV) with Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) for underwater operations.
On
Friday,
the
ICG
officials
said
that
they
had
intensified
the
search
operations
to
locate
the
aircraft.
The
aerial
search
mission
is
being
undertaken
by
Coast
Guard
Dornier
and
Indian
Navy's
long
range
maritime
reconnaissance
aircraft
P8I.
The
TN
police
and
Coastal
Security
Group
are
also
part
of
the
search
and
rescue
missions
in
the
last
five
days.
Around
12
Coast
Guard
and
naval
ships
have
been
summoned
for
duty
along
with
a
number
of
patrol
boats.
The
ships
included
ICG
Sarang,
Vigraha,
Ameya,
Abheek,
Raj
Tarang,
C-415,
IC-119,
IC-
120,
INS
Khukri,
Chetlat,
Coradivh
and
Carnicobar.
Adding teeth to the search operation were submarine INS Sindhudhwaj and survey ship INS Sandhayak, both being equipped with advanced sonars.
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