Debris of the missing Indian Coast Guard Dornier has been located at a depth of 996 metre and 16.5 nautical miles off Pichavaram (famous for the mangrove forest) near Cuddalore.
Indian naval Submarine Sindhudhvaj on redeployment to locate the missing aircraft picked up a ''barrage'' of transmissions in a depth of 996 metre on July 6. This information was a vital source for deployment of the Reliance vessel Olympic Canyon to localise the search.
#ICGDornier Flash: Photo of the recovered Flight Data Recorder (FDR) of the crashed aircraft in the Bay of Bengal.
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July 10, 2015
Consequently, the uninterrupted search, which included 693 hr of surface effort and 196 hr of air effort finally yielded positive results, says a release from the Coast Guard.
The Multi-functional Support Vessel of Reliance India with integrated Remotely Operated Vehicle located and recovered Flight Data Recorder and one Line Replacement Unit from a depth of 950 meters in a unique and first ever salvage at such depths, the release said.