The Indian Navy has sent a reconnaissance aircraft to the Philippines to join search operation for the ten Indians on-board a cargo ship that sank in the Pacific off Japan on Friday. <br/><br/>The P-8I long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft landed at the Vilamor air base in Manila to start the search operation.<br/><br/>The 33,205-tonne cargo ship Emerald Star had sank off Okinawa. Sixteen Indians have been already rescued, while a search was still on for 10 other missing Indians.<br/>Indian missions in Japan, the Philippines and China are coordinating the search operation.