The Indian Air Force's An-32 aircraft, which went missing over the Bay of Bengal in 2016, has been discovered seven years later. On July 22, 2016, the airplane had inexplicably disappeared over the Bay of Bengal, carrying 29 people. The airplane search and rescue operation grew to be one of India's largest. On August 1, 2016, it was discovered that the aircraft lacked an underwater location beacon, and the rescue effort was called off on September 15, 2016. The National Institute of Ocean Technology employed an AUV to identify a missing aircraft on the seabed about 310 kilometers off the coast of Chennai. The search was carried out at a depth of 3400 m with various payloads. The search images were scrutinized and found to be conforming with an An-32 aircraft.
13 January,2024 12:24 PM IST | MumbaiMore than 700 volunteers from school kids, college students to other Mumbaikars joined hands to clean-up the Mahim Reti Bunder beach on the occasion of International Coastal Cleanup Day
17 September,2022 10:55 PM IST | MumbaiWho will clean up the debris washed upon the Uran Beach shore? That is the question. With plastic, paper and general litter seen in huge quantity on the shore, it is imperative that a massive clean up operation is launched to sanitize the shoreline. As it is, the oil slick proved an environmental problem and the garbage is sure to compound problems. Story & Video By - Vinod Kumar Menon,MiD-DAY
10 August,2010 12:00 PM ISTNearly 48 hours after a factory building collapsed in Jalandhar, one person has been pulled out alive from under the debris. The three-storey building, housing a blanket factory, collapsed in the Focal Point area of the city around midnight on Sunday. 60 people have been rescued from the accident site so far while many people are still said to be trapped under the debris. The death toll has gone up to 10. Video courtesy: NDTV
18 April,2012 04:49 PM ISTAt least 12 people are feared to be buried in the debris after three houses collapsed following a landslide in Dabhol village of Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district. The landslide is said to have taken place at 3: 30 a.m. due to heavy rainfall. The rescue operations are on and the NDRF teams are on their way. Further details are awaited.
22 June,2015 05:08 PM ISTExperts have confirmed that the aircraft debris discovered on Reunion Island belong to missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced early Thursday.
06 August,2015 12:14 PM ISTA NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India's Vikram lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September. The discovery was made by a Chennai based engineer named Shanmuga Subramanian.
03 December,2019 12:54 PM ISTA NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India's Vikram Lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September. NASA credited a Chennai-based engineer for alerting about the presence of the debris of the lander Vikram on the lunar surface. Watch the video to know more!
04 December,2019 04:19 PM ISTA senior citizen was rescued by the National Disaster Response Force 26 hours after a multi-storey building collapsed on 24th August in the Mahad region of Raigad district in Maharashtra.
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