Chennai - Chennai

On June 8, 2015 at 09:23 PM, Chennai - Chennai experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Indian Coast Guard, with the event recorded near Pichavaram Tamil Nadu.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Chennai NAS at 1730LT on a maritime patrol flight along the Tamil Nadu coast and over the Palk Bay. The last radio contact was established at 2100LT and the last radar contact was observed at 2123LT while the aircraft was cruising at an altitude of 9,000 feet some 176 km offshore. SAR operations were initiated and some debris were found the following morning. All three occupants, two pilots and one observer, were killed. On July 10, the wreckage was found at a depth of 995 metres some 30 km off Pichavaram.

Aircraft reference details include registration CG791, MSN 4114, year of manufacture 2014.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.4331°, 79.7807°.