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A fishing boat with 11-crew members feared sunk has been located and will return to home port by May 3.
A search and rescue operation lasting nearly four-day was conducted with the help of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Navy assets.
Chennai: After a four-day search and rescue operation involving the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Navy assets, fishing boat Mercedes has been located and is set to return to its home port by May 3.
The boat had set sail on April 6 and was found around 370 kms from Lakshadweep. The vessel with 11-crew members had set sail from Thengapattnam harbour in Kanyakumari, was on a 30-day voyage towards Kerala, when it was feared sunk around 597 nautical miles from Goa.
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11 fishermen from Tamil Nadu located 1,100 km off Goa
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They are expected to return to the Thengapatnam port on May 3
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They are expected to return to the Thengapatnam port on May 3
The Indian Coast Guard has located 11 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu who went missing a couple of days ago, nearly 1,100 km off Goa. The boat, ‘Mercedes’, had set sail on April 6 for deep sea fishing from the Thengapatnam fishing harbour.
On April 24, the Tamil Nadu fisheries authorities alerted the Coast Guard about the sighting of debris by other fishing boats operating in the area.
The Indian Coast Guard activated the International Safety Net to alert merchant vessels transiting near the area where the debris was found to look out for the missing boat. ICGS Samudra Prahiri was also deployed for search and rescue operations. The Indian Navy was also requested to launch long range maritime patrol aircraft.
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