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No underwater detector in missing AN-32
The missing AN32 aircraft, which had flown multiple times over the Bay of Bengal carrying military personnel and equipment, did not have an underwater locator system, making it difficult for rescuers to pinpoint the position of the plane which went down with 29 people on board.
New Delhi
None of the upgraded AN32 aircraft, the main workhorse of the military, has an underwater locator, unlike the modern transport planes like C130J or C17. This means that the search and rescue team has no exact idea about where the plane, with 29 military personnel on board, could have gone down on July 22.
The search, is being carried out based on an estimate taking into account the last contact point of the aircraft before it disappeared. “We are using sonars of submarine, ships and other naval assets to locate the aircraft. There is no signal available to track the missing aircraft,” a defence source said.
In an emergency, the pilot has to activate the ELT beacon manually. The integrated ELT gets activated when the impact is about 2.3 G or 4.5 feet per second.
However, ELT would not get activated automatically since radio waves are not transmitted in the water.
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