A week after the crash of a MiG 29 fighter in Lahaul-Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh, the wreckage of the plane is yet to be located during search operations by the IAF. It carried out 132 sorties and the fate of the pilot is still not known.The Indian Air Force (IAF) has also approached the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) to make available data of the probable search area through its satellites.An IAF spokesperson said in New Delhi that this effort was important as no radio call was received from the crashed aircraft and early sighting of the missing pilot and the aircraft wreckage was importantTroops from Indian Army's Ladakh Scouts and IAF mountaineers have also been pressed into the operation to locate the aircraft.
News On AIR | October 26, 2011 11:38 AM
MiG 29 wreckage yet to be located