The Indian Navy Dornier that crashed during a night sortie on Tuesday had claimed the life of a woman officer. The body of Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - the first Indian woman officer to die in the line of duty - was recovered today.
Lieutenant Shekhawat, 27, was commissioned into the Navy in 2010. She was training to be an Observer - an officer in charge of all sensors on board a surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
Early this morning, the wreckage of the Dornier was found about 60 m under the sea at south-west of Goa coast. The body of Lieutenant Shekhawat was found inside the fuselage of the aircraft.
"Lieutenant Shekhawat was unable to come out of aircraft," a senior officer said. The cause of the crash - a first by a Dornier -- will be determined by Board of Inquiry, he added.
"She was extremely focused and disciplined officer," a senior Navy officer told NDTV.
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