Sukhoi Su 30MKI
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Wrekage of the Sukhoi has been found close the last LOCATION as per the radar. Army rescue team and air support has found the wreckage. Status of pilot is still unknown.
Wow........... some of my doubts are growing stronger and stronger.idrw.org
Missing Sukhoi Su-30 MKI: IAF expands search into Bhutan; news on aircraft likely today
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SOURCE : FP / PTI
The massive search and rescue operation that has been going on for the missing Sukhoi Su-30 MKI since Tuesday afternoon may end on Thursday after reports began trickling in about some information about the jet.
“I cannot confirm (its location) to you now, but there is some positive information trickling in. I can confirm that only in the evening. When we were informed that the aircraft had gone missing we activated all our administrative network including gaon burhas (village heads) and circle offices for sightings of any wreckage or of the aircraft itself. However, the actual search and rescue information has to be provided by the Indian Air Force only,” Sonitpur district deputy commissioner Manoj Kumar Deka told Firstpost from Tezpur in Assam.
The search for the missing aircraft was extended beyond the West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh right into Bhutan.
“We have deployed two teams one with 175 people and the other with 120 including personnel from Arunachal Pradesh Police. On Wednesday, there was a strong army contingent of 500 personnel as well. A team of nearly 700 people is looking for the aircraft. I cannot tell you about the strength of the army search team today. However, yesterday we have contacted our counterparts in the eastern Bhutan districts of Trashigang and Trashiyangtse and sought their help as well. In Arunachal Pradesh, the search is limited to the West Kameng district only. We are doing a dawn to dusk search and the weather is a concern as it is very cloudy. The terrain is also a challenge due to dense forest,” said West Kameng district deputy commissioner Sonal Swaroop.
Helicopters and aircraft were pressed into service since Tuesday by the Indian Air Force to search for the Sukhoi fighter jet that went missing with two pilots onboard over Tezpur in Assam, but bad weather affected the operation.
The IAF had said the search operation was continuing despite overcast sky and spells of rains and thundershowers in parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh where the SU-30 MKI plane is suspected to have crashed.
An IAF spokesperson said in New Delhi that a Su-30 aircraft with recce capabilities is also being utilised for locating the missing plane.
According to reports on Wednesday, apart from the aerial assets, four groups of IAF personnel, nine parties of the Indian Army and two teams from the state administration have been deployed to look for the fighter jet.
“Search and rescue operations resumed at daybreak today. A C-130 transport aircraft with an electro-optical payload, an advanced light helicopter and Chetak helicopters of the IAF have been tasked for this mission,” IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee had said.
He, however, said “marginal weather” (adverse to a military operation) prevailing over the area being searched,
is hampering the operation.
The Sukhoi jet went missing after taking off from Tezpur Air Force station at 10:30 am on Tuesday. The plane, which was part of a two-aircraft formation, was on a routine training sortie and had lost radar and radio contact around 60 kilometres northeast of the airbase.
“Till now, no breakthrough has been made in locating the aircraft and its pilots,” the IAF spokesperson had said on Wednesday.
The last contact with the plane was made when it was flying over Dubia in Gohpur sub-division of Biswanath district, adjacent to Sonitpur.
The first batch of the Russia-made fighter jet was inducted by the IAF in the late 1990s. Since their induction,
seven crashes have taken place.
The country’s frontline SU-30 MKI aircraft were deployed in the Tezpur airbase on June 15, 2009 for guarding the Sino-India frontier in Arunachal Pradesh.
At present, two squadrons comprising around 36 aircraft are deployed at Tezpur.
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What doubts? Could you clarify? Do you suspect some foul play?
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hi man i will also like to know that some doubt.........................
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Understand from some news that the pilots did not make it.
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Para SF, IAF Garuds joins ops to recover Sukhoi-30 wreckage
Published May 27, 2017
SOURCE: ANI
Para (Special Forces) and Indian Air Force Garuds have extended assistance to the Army ground column, and joined the rescue and recovery operation for the Sukhoi-30 MKI jet that was formerly missing.
Meanwhile, a Court of Inquiry will be investigating the cause of the accident.The two pilots who were onboard the aircraft have not been located yet. However, it is being presumed that they did not survive the crash.
The wreckage of Sukhoi-30 MKI jet was found after four days of search mission yesterday.
The jet lost contact on May 23rd following which massive search operations were launched to track the jet.
Bad weather also served as an impediment in the rescue mission.
The aircraft airborne from Tezpur Air Base lost radar and radio contact approximately 60 km North of Tezpur.
Published May 27, 2017
SOURCE: ANI
Para (Special Forces) and Indian Air Force Garuds have extended assistance to the Army ground column, and joined the rescue and recovery operation for the Sukhoi-30 MKI jet that was formerly missing.
Meanwhile, a Court of Inquiry will be investigating the cause of the accident.The two pilots who were onboard the aircraft have not been located yet. However, it is being presumed that they did not survive the crash.
The wreckage of Sukhoi-30 MKI jet was found after four days of search mission yesterday.
The jet lost contact on May 23rd following which massive search operations were launched to track the jet.
Bad weather also served as an impediment in the rescue mission.
The aircraft airborne from Tezpur Air Base lost radar and radio contact approximately 60 km North of Tezpur.
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Any idea what is the SOP if a pilot ejects in crash to stay put near to crash location or move towards human settlements first and find a way to stay alive ??? its been more than 4 days what the odds of survival ..
Parachutes Spotted Near Sukhoi Crash Site During Search for 2 IAF Pilots
The Indian Army's Cheetah helicopters, which were deployed in the search operation, reported sighting parachutes in the same area, giving hope that the pilots may have self-ejected before the crash. The identity of the pilots was yet to be disclosed.
The Indian Air Force on Friday ordered a court of inquiry into the crash, hours after the debris of the fighter plane was sighted, reported PTI. "A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident," IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee said in Delhi.
"The search parties of the Army are also trekking their way to the crash site. However, their progress is getting hampered due to inclement weather, thick foliage and steep terrain," Banerjee said.
Parachutes Spotted Near Sukhoi Crash Site During Search for 2 IAF Pilots
The Indian Army's Cheetah helicopters, which were deployed in the search operation, reported sighting parachutes in the same area, giving hope that the pilots may have self-ejected before the crash. The identity of the pilots was yet to be disclosed.
The Indian Air Force on Friday ordered a court of inquiry into the crash, hours after the debris of the fighter plane was sighted, reported PTI. "A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident," IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee said in Delhi.
"The search parties of the Army are also trekking their way to the crash site. However, their progress is getting hampered due to inclement weather, thick foliage and steep terrain," Banerjee said.
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Aren't there radio beacons in ejection seats and also survival kits?
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Don't the pilots get to have radio contact with their command posts? Whats the use of so many satellites when our armed forces can't reach command from remote location.
Parachutes gives me a lot of hope to find them well soon.
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Sirjee, looks like are underestimating the terrain, slope, thick vegetation, cloud cover.
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For radio communication, that should not be so much of a hindrance IMO. You might have problems extracting because of weather and terrain. But atleast locating and communicating (if still conscious) should happen much faster.
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We know it is a mountain region, we don't know the altitude the mountain from its base.
We don't know if the parachute was located at the base, mid or top of the mountain.
If At the base and mid, we don't know if there are any of the distress signal is blocked by any other mountain nearby.
Those parts are basically tropical forests because high humidity and heavy rainfall. The vegetation will be very dense, pilots will need something like a machete to cut through to reach the top of the mountain. Even a fully fit person with lots of energy bars, won't be able to cut thru such thick vegetation for more than 30 mins at a stretch without a break.
Cloud cover hampers rescue.
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AFAIK, radio communication is Line of Sight based. So won't it be pretty unreliable in mountainous region where the topographical conditions consist of pretty steep gradients all around.
