*Kathua Helicopter Crash: Searches Continue For Missing Pilot*
M S Nazki
Jammu, Aug 26 (GNS): Eleven days after recovery of body of one of the two missing pilots of a helicopter of Indian Army’s aviation corps which crashed near Ranjit Sagar Dam in the Basohli area of Kathua on August 3, searches continued for the second pilot on Thursday, officials said.
While the body of one of the pilots identified as Lt Col AS Baath was recovered on August 15, there was no trace of the remains of another pilot yet, official sources told GNS.
Army has said to have intensified search operations for Pilot and helicopter which had crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam on August 3.
Submarine Rescue Unit of Indian Navy was flown in to explore digitally located wreckage at depth of approximately 80 – 100 meters, the officials said.
Air Force also lifted the heavy equipment from Vishakhapatnam to Pathankot for speeding up the underwater search. Army and all other agencies including Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, NDRF, Ranjit Sagar Dam Authority and District Authorities continued searches for the missing pilot, they said. (GNS)
