Sonar scanning ship searches for two Su-22 fighters using ultrasound

Three Navy ships with search equipment and many reinforcements were sent to the scene this morning to continue searching for the pilots and two Su-22s that crashed into the sea.

On the morning of April 19, Major General Do Minh Tuan, Deputy Commander of the Air Defense - Air Force, said that in addition to maintaining existing forces and equipment, today 12 more frogmen and 3 ships equipped with underwater search equipment will be sent.

“With specialized search equipment, we hope to find the two pilots soon. The General Staff and comrades in the Air Defense - Air Force Command are constantly on duty at the Command Center at the scene to monitor and direct the search and rescue work,” said Mr. Tuan.

Three Navy ships with enhanced search equipment will be sent to the scene to search for the pilots and Su-22 fighters.

In addition, according to Mr. Tuan, the search force was also reinforced with a ship equipped with towing equipment and heavy objects from the Coast Guard; a border guard ship. The Air Defense - Air Force, Fisheries Surveillance, special forces, local troops, etc. also sent more officers, soldiers and modern equipment to the scene.

Speaking to VnExpress, Colonel Do Hong Do - Political Commissar of Coast Guard Region 3 (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) - added that the large-capacity rescue ship 9001 of Coast Guard Region 3 was mobilized to participate in towing and storing heavy objects after salvaging parts of the Su-22 from the seabed.

The command post was set up on the Fisheries Surveillance Ship 781 right in the waters of Phu Quy, where the tail of the Su-22 was discovered, to directly monitor and direct forces to coordinate the work of searching the seabed as well as salvage and rescue.

On April 18, Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense, and a working delegation were present at the scene to directly inspect and direct the search and rescue work. Several parts of the two crashed planes continued to be discovered. The "frogmen" discovered and pulled up to the surface an auxiliary oil tank and the cockpit cover frame of the plane. The soldiers also approached an object suspected to be part of the plane's fuselage at the bottom of the sea.

According to VnExpress