Dornier crash: Body of woman officer found, one officer still missing
March 27, 2015 11:24
Nearly 48 hours after the Navy Dornier plane crashed into the sea off the Goa coast, the body of Lt Kiran Shekhawat, the observer officer on-board, was located by divers in the wreckage.
Her body was being taken to Goa, last night.
However, the second officer-sub-lieutenant Abhinav Nagori, is still missing.
Lt Kiran Shekhawat is married to Navy officer Vivek Chhoker and is the first woman officer of the Navy to have died in a service aircraft crash.
Shekhawat, an observer, had taken part in the first all-women marching contingent of the navy during the Republic Day parade.
Her body was being taken to Goa, last night.
However, the second officer-sub-lieutenant Abhinav Nagori, is still missing.
Lt Kiran Shekhawat is married to Navy officer Vivek Chhoker and is the first woman officer of the Navy to have died in a service aircraft crash.
Shekhawat, an observer, had taken part in the first all-women marching contingent of the navy during the Republic Day parade.
INS Makar, a naval hydrographic vessel, had detected a large metallic
object using its side-scan sonar at a depth of 50-60 metres. Later on
inspection, it was confirmed that the object was the fuselage of the
Dornier aircraft.
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