A MiG-29K fighter plane crashed in Goa quickly after it took off for a coaching mission, mentioned Indian Navy sources. (Photo: ANI)A MiG-29K fighter plane crashed in Goa quickly after it took off for a coaching mission, mentioned Indian Navy sources. (Photo: ANI)Jamshedpur: The physique of the trainee pilot who was on board the two-seater plane that went lacking after taking off from Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur was discovered within the Chandil dam on Thursday, officers mentioned.

The coach plane, a Cessna 152 owned by a non-public flying faculty, went lacking after taking off from the Sonari aerodrome on Tuesday morning, following which a mega search operation was launched within the close by areas, together with the reservoir of the dam, to find it, they mentioned.

As the search continued within the reservoir, the place it was suspected to have crashed, a physique was discovered floating this morning, they mentioned. It was later recognized as that of trainee pilot Subhrodeep Dutta, a resident of Adityapur within the Seraikela-Kharsawan district, they added.

Meanwhile, a group of the Indian Navy joined the seek for the plane and pilot Captain Jeet Satru, 35, a local of Patna. The 19-member group of the Navy was introduced in from Visakhapatnam, officers mentioned.

On Wednesday, a six-member group of NDRF searched the reservoir of the dam for hours. The reservoir was being searched after villagers claimed the plane crashed into it, Superintendent of Police (Seraikela-Kharsawan) Mukesh Kumar Lunayat mentioned. East Singhbhum’s Deputy Commissioner Ananya Mittal mentioned the final location of the plane was close to Nimdih in Chandil sub-division as per the Air Traffic Control.