(PTI)
The Coast Guard has traced the Aircraft Voice Data Recorder (black box) of the Pawan Hans helicopter which crashed off the Mumbai coast on January 13 while the recovery of the remaining debris is in progress. Simultaneously, the Navy has widened its search operations for the two missing crew members of the chopper. “Search for the missing ONGC crew continues till recovery. Aircraft Voice Data Recorder (VDR) has been recovered and recovery of balance debris is in progress,” a Coast Guard spokesperson said on January 14.
The helicopter with seven people on-board, including five ONGC officers and two pilots, crashed off Mumbai minutes after it took off for the state-owned company’s oil installation in the Arabian sea on January 13. A Navy spokesperson said on January 14 that the two Fast Interceptor Craft, INS Tarasa and the frigate INS Teg, were coordinating the search in the area along with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ships Samudra Prahari, Achook and Agrim.
