Dornier Crash

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today felicitated fishermen who were instrumental in saving the pilot of a Dornier surveillance aircraft that crashed in the Arabian Sea in March.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today gave away ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of each of the three officers of the Coast Guard who were killed when a Dornier plane crashed on June 8.

It was about 10 pm on a clear March night as a Dornier aircraft belonging to the Indian navy flew low along the Goa coast, and transmitted this message to the Air Traffic Control - "Ops Normal."

Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - country's first woman officer to die in the line of duty - was cremated with full military honours today in Mewat, Haryana. Two years ago 27-year-old Lt Shekhawat had married a fellow naval officer Lt Vivek Chokar, but the two had never lived together. This was meant to change next month.

Two naval officers who died in an air crash last week were cremated today will full military honours. Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat and Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori were on a Dornier aircraft which went down on Tuesday night off the Goa coast.

The bodies of two naval officers missing since Tuesday night when a Dornier aircraft crashed off the Goa coast have been recovered. Three people were on the plane when it went down. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, who was the pilot of the aircraft, was rescued by fishermen and is in hospital.

The body of Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat, who was flying in the ill-fated Navy Dornier that crashed on Tuesday during a night flying exercise 25 nautical miles away from Goa, has been recovered.

The body of Lt Kiran Shekhawat was today recovered from the fuselage of the Dornier Aircraft of the Navy which had crashed during a flying sortie off the Goa coast even as another officer continues to be missing.

The Navy has found what could be the debris of a Dornier aircraft that crashed into the sea on Tuesday, leaving two pilots missing.

Nine ships spent the day searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing.

Nine ships are searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing. The captain of the aircraft, Commander Nikhil Joshi, was rescued by a fishing vessel and is in hospital. A woman officer is among the pair that has yet to be found.

A naval aircraft crashed off the western Indian coast leaving two pilots missing, the navy said on Wednesday.

A Dornier aircraft of the Indian Navy, which was on a routine training mission with three personnel on board, crashed last night about 25 nautical miles South West of Goa.

Tragedy struck when an Agni Air Dornier plane slammed into a cliff in western Nepal yesterday, claiming the lives of 13 Indian pilgrims. Three families in Mumbai are struggling to come to terms with the catastrophe, having lost loved ones who were on the flight.

The Dornier aircraft owned by private Agni Air company was carrying 18 passengers and a crew of three on a flight from the resort town of Pokhara to Jomsom when it crashed while landing at the mountain airstrip.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today felicitated fishermen who were instrumental in saving the pilot of a Dornier surveillance aircraft that crashed in the Arabian Sea in March.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today gave away ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of each of the three officers of the Coast Guard who were killed when a Dornier plane crashed on June 8.

It was about 10 pm on a clear March night as a Dornier aircraft belonging to the Indian navy flew low along the Goa coast, and transmitted this message to the Air Traffic Control - "Ops Normal."

Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - country's first woman officer to die in the line of duty - was cremated with full military honours today in Mewat, Haryana. Two years ago 27-year-old Lt Shekhawat had married a fellow naval officer Lt Vivek Chokar, but the two had never lived together. This was meant to change next month.

Two naval officers who died in an air crash last week were cremated today will full military honours. Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat and Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori were on a Dornier aircraft which went down on Tuesday night off the Goa coast.

The bodies of two naval officers missing since Tuesday night when a Dornier aircraft crashed off the Goa coast have been recovered. Three people were on the plane when it went down. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, who was the pilot of the aircraft, was rescued by fishermen and is in hospital.

The body of Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat, who was flying in the ill-fated Navy Dornier that crashed on Tuesday during a night flying exercise 25 nautical miles away from Goa, has been recovered.

The body of Lt Kiran Shekhawat was today recovered from the fuselage of the Dornier Aircraft of the Navy which had crashed during a flying sortie off the Goa coast even as another officer continues to be missing.

The Navy has found what could be the debris of a Dornier aircraft that crashed into the sea on Tuesday, leaving two pilots missing.

Nine ships spent the day searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing.

Nine ships are searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing. The captain of the aircraft, Commander Nikhil Joshi, was rescued by a fishing vessel and is in hospital. A woman officer is among the pair that has yet to be found.

A naval aircraft crashed off the western Indian coast leaving two pilots missing, the navy said on Wednesday.

A Dornier aircraft of the Indian Navy, which was on a routine training mission with three personnel on board, crashed last night about 25 nautical miles South West of Goa.

Tragedy struck when an Agni Air Dornier plane slammed into a cliff in western Nepal yesterday, claiming the lives of 13 Indian pilgrims. Three families in Mumbai are struggling to come to terms with the catastrophe, having lost loved ones who were on the flight.

The Dornier aircraft owned by private Agni Air company was carrying 18 passengers and a crew of three on a flight from the resort town of Pokhara to Jomsom when it crashed while landing at the mountain airstrip.