Indian Coast Guard Rescues 12 Crew Members Of Sinking Cargo Ship

On Saturday around 9 PM, the Coast Guard received information that there was flooding on board the vessel ”MSV Krishna Sudama” around 10 nautical miles off the Okha coast.

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#WeProtect In a challenging midnight operation 26 Sep @IndiaCoastGuard ship C-411 rescued 12 crew fm sinking MSV Krishna Sudama, abt 18 Kms from Okha. Rescued crew safely brought to Okha @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/u9RXUj8rF6

— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) September 27, 2020

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12 crew members of a cargo vessel sinking in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast have been rescued by the Coast Guard, officials said on Sunday.

Around 9 pm on Saturday, the Coast Guard received information that there was flooding on board the vessel ”MSV Krishna Sudama” around 10 nautical miles off the Okha coast.

The vessel had on Saturday started sailing from Mundra in Gujarat for Djibouti, carrying 905-tonne rice and sugar to the African nation, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

The Indian Coast Guard rescued 12 crew of MSV Krishna Sudama (MMSI- 419956117) around 10 nautical miles off Okha on the night of 26 Sep 20. MSV Krishna Sudama had sailed from Mundra on the morning of 26 Sep 20 and was proceeding to Djibouti, carrying 905 ton cargo. pic.twitter.com/txp2Na6A5c

— Tejinder Singh Sodhi 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 (@TejinderSsodhi) September 27, 2020

“Search and rescue was immediately commenced wherein Coast Guard Ship C-411 sailed from Okha, C-161 was diverted from off Mundra, and MV Southern Robin in the vicinity of the area was diverted to render assistance,” it said.

The Coast Guard ship C-411 arrived near the vessel in distress. It undertook an extensive search in the area and located the craft carrying 12 crew members who had abandoned the vessel as it was sinking due to flooding, it said.

Source: NDTV  
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