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Fishermen net aircraft wreckage off Beypore coast

— Photo: PTI

A curio: Policemen inspect the aircraft wreckage, which was found off the Beypore coast.

Kochi: Wreckage of a fixed-wing aircraft, presumably of the 1940 vintage, got trapped in a fishing net off the Beypore coast on Thursday night. Fishermen who netted the debris handed it over to the Munambam police and soon, the Navy was informed.

A Navy helicopter took some photographs of the object for investigation. The Navy took possession of it on Friday evening.

“On preliminary inspection, it appears to be the front housing of a fixed-wing aircraft engine,” said Navy sources. “It looks like over 50 years old in any case. That apart, we are still trying to identify the type of aircraft that had this sort of engine housing. It could also be that this dated back to World War II.”

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