Navy team pulls out wreckage of missing aircraft from Chandil dam in Jharkhand 
National

Navy team pulls out wreckage of missing aircraft from Chandil dam in Jharkhand

Indian Navy personnel pulled out the wreckage of the missing two-seater aircraft from the Chandil dam in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district, an official said on Tuesday.

Jamshedpur | Indian Navy personnel pulled out the wreckage of the missing two-seater aircraft from the Chandil dam in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district, an official said on Tuesday.

The aircraft went missing after it took off from Sonari Aerodrome in Jamshedpur on August 20. The bodies of pilot Capt Jeet Satru and trainee pilot Subrodeep Dutta were recovered on Thursday by NDRF team.

Search operation by the Indian Navy team in the Chandil dam began around 10 am on Monday after it located the Cessna-152 aircraft a day before, the official said.

Navy personnel pulled out the wreckage of the aircraft on Monday night with the help of a balloon from 15-18 metres depth of the dam. The aircraft crashed into the reservoir soon after taking off from Sonari Aerodrome.

The aircraft belonged to the private aviation company 'Alchemist Aviation Private Limited'.

Also Read

World leaders greet PM Modi on his 75th birthday

Kerala HC orders vigilance probe into Sabarimala Dwarapalaka idols' gold plating

More than half of electorate in most states may not have to give any document in SIR: EC officials

Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as Palestinians flee, death toll passes 65,000

CPI(M) MP raises concern over government email being operated by private entity