An Indian Navy team has resumed search operations for the missing aircraft in Jharkhand.
Jamshedpur: An Indian Navy team resumed the search operation on Friday for the trainer aircraft that went missing after taking off from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on August 20, an official said.
He stated that the search operation was suspended at 6 pm on Thursday due to poor weather conditions.
The bodies of the trainee pilot and his instructor, who were on board the two-seater aircraft, were discovered in the Chandil dam on Thursday.
“A 19-member Indian Navy team, which arrived from Visakhapatnam after a request from the Seraikela-Kharswan district administration, has resumed the search operation to locate the missing trainer aircraft. We had to suspend the search operation at 6 pm yesterday due to bad weather,” the official stated.
The trainer aircraft, a Cessna 152, is owned by a private aviation company.
The post-mortem examinations of trainee pilot Shubhrodeep Dutta and pilot-in-command Captain Jeet Satru Anand will be conducted at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Jamshedpur, the official added.
Dutta was a resident of Adityapur.
The aircraft went missing after taking off from Sonari aerodrome on Tuesday, prompting a search operation in the surrounding areas, including the dam reservoir.
Villagers reported that the aircraft had crashed into the water body.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, the Directorate of Flying Training, and the Directorate of Airworthiness have initiated investigations into the incident, according to another official.
Alchemist Aviation, which owned and operated the aircraft registered as VT-TAJ, stated that it is too early to determine the cause of the crash.
“The aircraft had 80 liters of fuel, with an endurance of 4 hours and 30 minutes, while the scheduled flying time was 1 hour,” the statement said.
The plane lost contact with the Jamshedpur Air Traffic Control Tower at approximately 11:10 am on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the aircraft was in airworthy condition, with a certificate issued by the DGCA, and was equipped with an engine from the original equipment manufacturer.
The initial search operation was carried out in conjunction with local authorities, followed by efforts with the National Disaster Response Force, the company reported.
The Indian Navy was subsequently called in to assist and deployed a Sonic Navigation and Ranging device to help pinpoint the exact location of the incident.
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