Commander Nishant Singh had been missing since November 26 (Twitter / @ abhirajbha).
The Navy said Singh’s body was found 30 miles off the coast of Goa on the seabed 70 meters underwater after an extensive search operation.
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On Monday, the Navy recovered the body of Commander Nishant Singh, a missing MiG-29k pilot, 11 days after he disappeared off the coast of Goa.
Navy officials said Singh’s body was found 30 miles off the coast of Goa on the seabed 70 meters underwater after an extensive search operation.
According to the protocol, his family has been informed and DNA tests are being carried out to confirm the identity of the corpse.
Commander Singh had been missing since November 26 after his MiG-29K plane crashed while operating over the Arabian Sea. The aircraft of Russian origin had taken off from the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier and fell around 5 in the afternoon on November 26.
A pilot of the aircraft was rescued while a search operation was launched for Commander Nishant Singh, Indian Navy officials said.
The MiG-29K is an all-weather, carrier-based multi-role fighter jet developed by the Russian aerospace company Mikoyan (MiG). The Indian Navy had acquired a fleet of 45 MiG-29Ks from Russia more than a decade ago at a cost of around USD 2 billion to operate from INS Vikramaditya. INS Vikramaditya was part of the second phase of the Malabar exercise that involved the navies of India, the United States, Australia and Japan.
The MIG-29K fleet aboard the aircraft carrier also participated in the naval mega drill that took place from 17 to 20 November.
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