Navy to de-induct long range patrol aircraft after 29 years
The Indian Navy would de-induct the Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft TU 142M, after 29 years of service. The aircraft, which has completed 30,000 hours of accident-free flying, would be formally de-inducted at a special ceremony at INS Rajali in Arakkonam, near Chennai on Wednesday. The aircraft was inducted in the Navy at Dabolim Goa in 1998 from Russia.