The rescue teams, comprising personnel from Eastern Naval
Command (ENC), Indian Coast Guard (ICG), state government marine police,
Visakhapatnam Port Trust, local fishermen identified the spot which was
about eight nautical miles away from
famous Dolphin Nose.
The ENC sources said that since the wreckage was said to be 400 meters deep under the sea sophisticated
diving equipment was needed to retrieve it. The equipment is being brought to Vizag along
with a diving bell and trained special divers on a special ship from Kochi . The Diving Bell is
a rigid chamber used to transport divers to depth in the ocean to retrieve
the parts of the wreckage.
It will take at least another two days for the special ship
to reach the Vizag, sources said. Meanwhile the ENC authorities are not hopeful
of the two who went missing after the Chetak 440 crashed into sea on Tuesday
afternoon.
However, the ENC ships and helicopters in association with
the ICG, VPT and local fishermen are still continuing their search for them who
were identified as Lieutenant Cmdr Pranava Likithi, 25 and GS Sen, 31.
Chetak 440 was
attached to a warship belonging to ENC. The chopper on Tuesday had taken off
from INS Dega, naval air station on a routine sortie at about 2 pm on Tuesday
in an area about 10 nm- 18 km seaward of Visakhapatnam , with four crew members onboard
before it crashed.
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