Dornier crash: Navy officers to be cremated with full military honours

The two Indian Navy personnel who died in the Dornier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft crash will be cremated with full military honours, an officer said on Saturday.

The bodies of co-pilot Lt Abhinav Nagori and flight observer Lt Kiran Shekhawat were recovered from the fuselage of the crashed aircraft. Both the bodies were brought to Delhi on Saturday.

Lt Nagori will be cremated in Udaipur in Rajasthan while Lt Shekhawat will be cremated in Haryana's Palwal district on Sunday.

Pilot Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi was rescued by a passing fishing boat.

The fuselage of the aircraft was also salvaged on Saturday while the cockpit voice record of the aircraft was recovered on Friday.

The crash occurred on Tuesday night at around 10 p.m. when the Dornier-228 with three crew members aboard went down in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Goa.

A massive search and rescue operation was launched involving at least 12 ships and several aircraft. The fuselage of the plane was located by INS Makar, a naval hydrographic vessel, at a depth of 50-60 metres.

Divers were rushed and subsequently the body of Lt Shekhawat was recovered from the fuselage on Thursday night, while the body of Lt. Nagori was recovered on Friday.