From correspondents in Andhra Pradesh, India, 12:00 AM IST

A low-flying aircraft of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) late Wednesday took pictures of Nallamalla forest area where the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was last seen before it went missing.

Finance Minister K. Rosaiah told reporters that the low-flying aircraft belonging to ISRO had taken 41 satellite imagery pictures. Authorities hope to get some clues about the missing chopper from there images.

'National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), a unit of ISRO in Hyderabad, is analysing and digitising these photographs and we hope to get some information,' said state Chief Secretary P. Ramakant Reddy.

He said an ultra-modern equipped aircraft had also been pressed into service.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)