Rescue operations were underway after the Indian navy’s Dornier aircraft plunged into the sea some 25 nautical miles off the western holiday state of Goa around 10:00 pm local time (1630 GMT) Tuesday.
“Last evening a navy Dornier during a routine training sortie off Goa ditched into sea,” a navy statement said early Wednesday.
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