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1388 Mumbai, May 20 With 38 people on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea four days ago still missing, Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch dark waters, as hopes of finding more survivors began to recede on Thursday. The Navy on Thursday morning launched a fresh aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour the waters off Mumbai coast, where the accommodation barge P305 went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury bef...

37 dead, 38 from barge still missing; Navy continues search 37 dead, 38 from barge still missing; Navy continues search With 38 people on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea four days ago is still missing, Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch dark waters, as hopes of finding more survivors began to recede on Thursday. The Navy on Thursday morning launched a fresh aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour ...

37 dead, 38 from barge still missing; Navy continues search 174 MUMBAI, May 20, (BSS/PTI) – With 38 people on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea four days ago is still missing, Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch dark waters, as hopes of finding more survivors began to recede on Thursday. The Navy on Thursday morning launched a fresh aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour the waters off Mumbai coas...

On scene coordinator to bp under u.s. law and regulations, so that the final effect of this is an order from me to bp. >> reporter: how much pressure do you feel about making that call and how it could affect the operations? >> well, the input from all of the scientific community and the best minds of the world to work on this, and wherever we are at, i am confident it is not a thad allen decision, but a decision for the best of the country. >> reporter: and a question that people are asking, no...

Complaints and act on them. those officers have been there supporting him for several weeks. >> who is in charge? is it the coast guard? is it you? or is it bp? >> the federal on scene coordinator by law is the coordinating official. >> when you make a decision and tell bp to do it, they have no choice. they haved to it. is that right? >> if we issue an administrative order and they fail to comply there are civil and criminal penalties associated. most of the things we are doing are provided to ...

Good afternoon. i was asked to give you an update on the activities today but i think the secretary has covered that very well. let me help put into perspective some of the interactions that occur. the coast guard is the federal on scene coordinator. we have the leadership role for spills that occur in the coastal zones for this spill in particular. we have been very aggressive and proactive in our response but we have not been alone. we work with federal partners. there are 16 federal age is wh...