Pulendran (fifth from left) and the C130 airplane crew before taking off for the joint patrols.
KOTA KINABALU: A trilateral initiative for surveillance over the Sulu Sea has taken off with a Royal Malaysian Air Force C130 aircraft carrying out the first patrol on Wednesday.
The aircraft departed from Tawau airport at 10.10am to kick off the joint patrols, which include Indonesia and the Philippines.
