NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, OCT 7
A fishing boat crew of 10 men, who were stranded in the Palk Bay after the vessel’s hull was damaged were safely rescued and the boat was towed to the shoreline, the Indian Coast Guard said here on Saturday.
In a swift operation, @IndiaCoastGuard Ship C-432 located and rescued distressed Indian Fishing boat with 10 crew about 20 NM North-East of Pamban at Palk Bay. Distressed boat suffered under water hull damage leading to uncontrolled ingress of water onboard and failure of engine. pic.twitter.com/fLM32Mdaoy
— Defence PRO Chennai (@Def_PRO_Chennai) October 6, 2023
The boat that had sailed from Navoor harbour in Nagapattnam, early on Thursday, suffered a crack in the hull at night on the same day which led to an emergency situation onboard with uncontrolled ingress of water and failure of engine, the ICG said.
As soon as information was received in the early hours of Friday from the State Fisheries Department authorities in Rameswaram, the Indian Coast Guard station at Mandapam deployed ICGS (Indian Coast Guard Ship) C-432 on rescue mission, a Defence press release said.
The distressed fishing boat with 10 crew members were located about 20 nm (nautical miles) north east of Pamban in the Palk Bay and they were swiftly rescued.
The ICG said it safely handed over the crew members and the boat to the Fisheries Department officials near the Pamban fishing harbour, Rameswaram.