Failing to make any substantial breakthrough yet, the Indian government is now looking to seek support from the US. The Government on Friday said it has sought help from the US for detection of the Air Force's AN-32 aircraft, which went missing on July 22. The An-32 with 29 personnel went missing over the Bay of Bengal last Friday when flying from Chennai to Port Blair. The government is seeking help from American defence forces to ascertain whether their satellites had picked up any signal before the disappearance of the plane, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. “Besides our own satellite imagery, we have asked the U.S. for their imagery for the detection of emergency frequency to space based assets. I only hope that our efforts succeed,” he said in response to queries.

"At the time of disappearance, the aircraft was on secondary/passive radar and there was no SOS or transmission of any frequency. It just disappeared so that is the worrying part," Parrikar said. “If aircraft is not fit for flying, we don’t fly it,” the Minister said, adding that this aircraft had done 279 hours of flying after its first overhaul.