Three dead as offshore vessel catches fire near Indian coast
Bodies of three crew members were recovered by the the Indian Coast Guard on Sunday
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Bodies of three crew members were recovered by the the Indian Coast Guard on Sunday
Rescue operations being carried out on offshore vessel Greatship Rohini (Source: India Today) The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday recovered bodies of three crew members The bodies were discovered on Sunday during a search operation conducted jointly by eight crew members of Greatship Rohini and 11 Coast Guard personnel. Bodies of two members were found from the tween-deck area and the third body, with burn injuries, was recovered from the engine control room. The deceased have been identified as Anit Anthony, 31, 4th engineer; Akshay Nikam, 55, who was working as fitter; and Ranjit Sawant, 51, ...
The fire was doused at around 4pm. MUMBAI: One electro-technical officer (ETO) who suffered second-degree burns was airlifted to Juhu base and three crews were missing till late Saturday after a fire broke out inside the engine room onboard offshore shore vessel (OSV) Greatship Rohini at Bombay High at around 9.15am. Partial-thickness burns affect the epidermis and the dermis (lower layer of skin) The fire was doused at around 4pm. Officials said the ETO, identified as Gurbeender Singh (37), was airlifted in a chopper and shifted to a hospital at Juhu. Meanwhile, search for the three mis...