Lt Kiran Shekhawat
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 26
Indian Navy teams on Thursday night recovered the body of Lt Kiran Shekhawat from sunk Dornier aircraft that is some 60 metres underwater. The aircraft had crashed into the Arabian Sea around 37 km south-west of the naval base in Goa on Tuesday night.
The body is being taken to Goa for last rites. Lt Shekhawat was the observor on board the plane. The observor sits in the plane to monitor surveillance equipment. The body being inside the plane indicates that there was virtually no time to escape.
The Dornier had crashed on Tuesday night. One pilot Commander Nikhil Kuldeep Joshi survived. He was found uncouncious floating on water. Fishermen saw him and alerted the Navy. The co-pilot Sub Lieut Nagori is missing.
The debris of the plane was located underwater this afternoon by a Naval warship.
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