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IAF begins fresh efforts to locate missing MiG-27
Shillong, May 22: Indian Air Force choppers today began afresh its search and rescue operations to locate the missing MiG-27 as the Jet remained traceless for the last three days.
Shillong, May 22: Indian Air Force choppers today
began afresh its search and rescue operations to locate the
missing MiG-27 as the Jet remained traceless for the last
three days.
The search and rescue operations, which began afresh for
the fourth consecutive day after it was called off yesterday
after sunset, were being conducted from both the Hashimara and
Bagdogra airbases, a defence spokesman said.
Search operations had been hampered earlier on the first two days due to heavy rains.
The IAF had already intensified its aerial operations pressing into service 15 choppers comprising the Cheeta, Chetak and MI-17 Copters, while the army was engaged in ground search.
The operation was going on in a very 'scientific way' as satellite picture of the area was also taken into consideration, air officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command Air Marshal M B Madon yesterday said.
The IAF also informed the railways, BSF, state police and civil administration and the chief conservator of forests regarding the missing jet.
The rescue operation was being coordinated and directed by the senior air staff officer Air Marshal S Y Savur of the EAC, who was camping at Hashimara.
On May 19, the fighter aircraft on a training sortie took off at 1155 hrs from Indian Air Force's Hashimara airbase en route to Bagdogra in North Bengal and lost contact with the Bagdogra Air Traffic Control at 1209 hrs.
Search operations had been hampered earlier on the first two days due to heavy rains.
The IAF had already intensified its aerial operations pressing into service 15 choppers comprising the Cheeta, Chetak and MI-17 Copters, while the army was engaged in ground search.
The operation was going on in a very 'scientific way' as satellite picture of the area was also taken into consideration, air officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command Air Marshal M B Madon yesterday said.
The IAF also informed the railways, BSF, state police and civil administration and the chief conservator of forests regarding the missing jet.
The rescue operation was being coordinated and directed by the senior air staff officer Air Marshal S Y Savur of the EAC, who was camping at Hashimara.
On May 19, the fighter aircraft on a training sortie took off at 1155 hrs from Indian Air Force's Hashimara airbase en route to Bagdogra in North Bengal and lost contact with the Bagdogra Air Traffic Control at 1209 hrs.
Bureau Report