20 October 2011

News Story: Indian maritime surveillance aircraft deployed in Maldives

NEW DELHI (PTI): The Indian Navy has deployed a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft in Maldives for carrying out anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean Region.

The aircraft is being sent from the Kochi-based Indian Naval Air Squadron 550 and will be stationed at Male for three weeks to keep a watch over the Exclusive Economic Zone of that country, Navy officials said here Tuesday.

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