Missing Dornier pilot’s wife seeks PM Modi's intervention, tweets PMO for help

The wife of the co-pilot of a missing Dornier aircraft of Indian Coast Guard has hoped for the Prime Minister’s intervention.

Taking to micro-blogging website, Deepa Subash​ sent a tweet to the Prime Minister's Office, saying, "8 days since my husband Subash Suresh pilot of CG791 missing. Request your attention."

"The family is very anxious since there has been no positive news in the past eight days. Though the search operation is going on seriously we are worried now. We request Prime Minister's attention," she said speaking to a leading daily.

@PMOIndia 8 days since my husband Subash Suresh pilot of CG791 missing. Request your attention #FindSubash pic.twitter.com/PAt8HEHq3m

— Deepa subash (@deepa_subash) June 15, 2015

Meanwhile, the search for the Dornier aircraft and its three member crew is going on with the involvement of multiple government agencies, even as an NIOT research vessel began work to profile sea-bed to zero in on the location of the disappeared plane.

"#ICGDornier Research vessel 'Sagarnidhi' has started sub-surface search and seabed profiling 4 ascertaining the position of missing aircraft," Spokesperson, Ministry of Defence, Sitanshu Kar tweeted.

#ICGDornier Aerial search by Paramotors through Coastal Security Group of TN was undertaken over marshy mangroves. pic.twitter.com/QSVUMbdIJk

— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) June 14, 2015

Also, operations by submarine INS Sindhudhvaj continued for detection of acoustic signal from the Sonar Locator Beacon (SLB) of the missing aircraft, it said.

The Coast Guard Dornier plane went missing on Jun 8 along Tamil Nadu's coastline during a routine maritime surveillance sortie.