The Indian Navy together with its surveillance plane has efficiently rescued 9 crew members of the sinking oil tanker Status Falcon. The 9 crew members together with eight Indians and one Sri Lankan have been rescued alive from MT Falcon Status through the search and rescue operations. The search and rescue operations to search out the remaining 5 crew members remains to be underway.
The Comoros-flagged oil tanker with 13 Indians and three Sri Lankans as crew members has capsized off the coast of Oman, the nation’s Maritime Safety Centre mentioned on Tuesday.
Indian Navy’s warship INS Teg has been deployed together with maritime surveillance plane P-8I together with the Omani vessels and personnel to hold out search and rescue missions after a Comoros-flagged vessel with its crew together with 13 Indians capsized. The Indian warship was finishing up an operational turnaround within the space from the place it was directed on July 15 to hold out search and rescue missions. The warship had situated the capsizing oil tanker on July 16 morning, reported ANI.
“A Comoros-flagged vessel, MT Falcon Status, transmitted a misery name round 2200 hrs on 14 July 2024 off the coast of Oman. The service provider vessel has a crew of 16, of which 13 are Indian seafarers. The vessel appears to have capsized. Our Embassy in Oman is in fixed contact with the Omani authorities. A search and rescue operation for the seafarers, coordinated by the Oman Maritime Safety Middle (OMSC), is on. Indian Navy has additionally joined the search and rescue operations,” defence sources advised ANI.
The tanker was heading to the Yemeni port of Aden, in line with delivery knowledge by LSEG. The vessel is a 117-metre-long oil merchandise tanker inbuilt 2007, LSEG’s delivery knowledge confirmed. Such small tankers are typically deployed for brief voyages.
