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The Navy has widened its search operations to trace the missing crew members of the Pawan Hans helicopter which crashed off the Mumbai coast yesterday.
Coast Guard and Navy have said that five bodies have been recovered. A Navy spokesperson said today that the two Fast Interceptor Crafts – INS Tarasa and INS Teg are coordinating the search in the area along with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ships – Samudra Prahari, Achook and Agrim.
Also, the ONGC vessel TAG 15 undertaking side scan sonar operations has found some debris 600 yards from the wreckage position.
The helicopter with seven people onboard, including five ONGC officers and two pilots, crashed off the Mumbai coast minutes after it took off for the state-owned company’s oil installation in the Arabian sea yesterday.