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Captain Sachin Sequiera, commanding officer of INS Kochi, recounts the unpredictable mission to rescue people from Barge P-305 off the Mumbai coast on May 17

The dance of death unleashed by cyclone Tauktae had hardly begun to sink in when cyclone Yaas crashed into our east coast. As we braced for the fury of Yaas, of great inspiration was the incredible re

UPDATED: May 28, 2021 18:52 IST Oil rig personnel rescued by the Indian Navy in Mumbai on May 18 (Indian Navy/AP) The gloomy portent to India’s worst-ever offshore disaster was a series of satellite images. On May 15, meteorologists in the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Delhi didn’t have the slightest doubt what the INSAT-3D imagery was showing them. The menacing low-pressure vortex they saw heading north just off India’s west coast was an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, ...

INS Makar conducts diving operations on wreck of Tug Varaprada Premium (PTI) . Updated: 24 May 2021, 10:57 PM IST ANI According to the Indian Navy, the diving was carried out at a depth of 32 Metres in nil visibility conditions at distance of 35 nautical miles from Mumbai harbour from INS Makar and INS Tarasa Read Full Story Specialist Clearance Diving Team of Western Naval Command on Monday conducted the diving Operations over the wreck of Tug Varaprada, informed the Indian Navy. According t...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st); An Indian Coast Guard Maritime Pollution Preventive Ship with firefighting capabilities is scheduled to arrive at the scene of action by nightfall‍, at the request of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne. In addition, a Dornier aircraft carrying fire extinguishing agents and oil- dispersants is also made ready to respond in the event of an emergency. The Commander of the Navy making a visit to the Operations Room of the Western Naval Command rev...

A week after Cyclone Tauktae swept past India's west coast - with gale force winds battering ships at sea and destroying buildings on land - frightening new videos have emerged of a tugboat being tossed about on the Arabian Sea

INS Makar conducts diving operations on wreck of Tug Varaprada ANI | Updated: May 24, 2021 22:43 IST New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Specialist Clearance Diving Team of Western Naval Command on Monday conducted the diving Operations over the wreck of Tug Varaprada, informed the Indian Navy. According to the Indian Navy, the diving was carried out at a depth of 32 Metres in nil visibility conditions at distance of 35 nautical miles from Mumbai harbour from ...

Barge Accident: No bodies were located underwater, Navy said (File) Mumbai: Navy ships INS Makar and INS Tarasa on Monday carried out diving operations 35 nautical miles from Mumbai coast to locate the bodies of missing personnel on board tugboat Varaprada, a week after it went adrift in the Arabian Sea, an official said. "The Specialist Clearance Diving Team of the Western Naval Command conducted the diving operations over the wreck of Tug Varaprada today. The diving was carried out from INS ...

Sri Lanka Navy deploys rescue and relief teams to flood risk areas Sri Lanka Navy deploys rescue and relief teams to flood risk areas Written by Share: COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Navy pre deployed 04 relief teams in several areas in the Southern Province on Sunday (23 rd May 2021) to extend relief measures to people, in the backdrop where flood risk is possible following the inclement weather. Accordingly, 04 naval relief teams have been deployed by the Southern Naval Command at Hinidum...

Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy rescues 186 people, 26 mortal remains recovered from Barge P305 New Delhi, May 19 (UNI) Continuing the Search and Rescue (SAR) Operation in Mumbai on third day around Bombay High Oil field, the Indian Navy on Wednesday said that it has so far rescued 186 ONGC personnel in the Barge P-305 and recovered 26 mortal remains. “Indian Naval ships and aircraft are presently undertaking SAR of the missing crew members of Accommodation Barge P-305, which sank on 17 May 3...