Helicopter experts point out that the BEL chopper is equipped with an Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT) that can send out signals for 48 to 72 hours. The ELT gets automatically activated if the chopper crashes. But if it has been caught in a difficult weather or terrain, the pilot can manually activate the ELT.
In the case of YSR's helicopter, neither of this has happened. This is a mystery. Experts say there could be two reasons: The ELT probably is not functioning (which, if true, is a major lapse) or there was a serious mechanical problem that rendered the ELT useless (which is a remote possibility).
If the signals were emitted, it could have been captured by the search and rescue satellite operated by ISRO. The satellites of ISRO have a transponder only for this purpose and it is use extensively by the Air Force in case of a missing plane - either of India or other countries.
Since this signal did not come from YSR's chopper, the Air Force decided to press in the Sukhoi-30 fighters that have very sensitive radars and capabilities to reconstruct a thermal map of a wide area. The Sukhois can catch any unusual event in difficult terrain.
In 2005, it was a Sukhoi that caught an unusual activity in the deep forest area of Belgaum where an Indian Navy plane had gone missing for four days. Based on the Sukhoi's inputs, troops were able to locate the aircraft after five days and found a survivor who was still strapped to his seat.
The government has also pressed in the aircraft of National Remote Sensing organisation (NRSA ) that can fly at very low altitude and has good night vision.
The problem, according to experts, is that in case of an emergency landing or crash of a helicopter in dense forest, the `disturbance' in the area will be hardly 200-500 metres. Such a small disturbance is hard to locate by overhead flying planes. It all depends on how big a `footprint' the aircraft leaves behind when it goes down, said an expert.
The only hope is to physically look out for the helicopter through dense combing operations. That is why the Army has pressed in its elite troops that have what is called `deep instincts' to locate and rescue personnel.
Reports also indicate that the pilot may have deviated from the approved flight path in order to avoid rough weather conditions. This has made the search operations difficult. If the pilot had stuck to the flight path, it would have been easy to pin-point a rough area where it went down by calculating the flight duration.
Source: India Syndicate
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To gaddamgdss,
I think your prayers have been answered,have'nt they? So pls watch what you say next time !
Whether congress wil do this search for a common man as their policy of aum admi. you go to police station and say my daughter is missing, see what all questions they ask, first be indian, then be Andhrite, tamilian, or keralite or any other lite
Are we going to miss a straight forward, honest, selfishless, integrated, who has never taken one rupee by unlawfullness. I know congress started corruption in 1948 by buying jeeps for army by krishnam menon. even this helicopter could have been bought by taking a cut by someone
As a humanbeing, i also feel sad, that his family will be missing him, it is a great loss, his grand children,wife and all his friends and realitves will miss him , i really feel sad at personal level,
but never and ever as a politician and as congress man,
congress is raping every individual in this country
The search what happens for him as CM , can it happen for a common man, is he that much desirable to the nation as a politician???
People like Gadamgdas are those whom the god will punish not those who do good for the poor. Irrespective of such disruptive forces as gadam... who lost wholesale our country will make progress with good leaders like YSR. Long live YSR.. our prayers are with you...
WE WILL PRAY TO ALLAH FOR HIS SAFE RETURN TO HOME AND WISH HIM LONG AND HAPPY LIFE IN INTEREST OF POOR PEOPLES OF ANDHRA PRADESH.
Our prayers are with YSR. Hope he will along with other team members come back hale & healthy.
ELT in this case is not giving out any signal,could it mean that copter might by chance gone under water? It is possible that the pilot might have changed flight path to avoid inclement weather condition.
This is YSR's Dual Game. He is a hiden Naxalight. He is a cheater.He is not fit to be a CM. God should Punish him such a way that he should not come back.