 Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed in the Arabian Sea during an emergency landing when it was approaching a vessel for the evacuation of an injured crew member.){kind=link}
The helicopter had saved the lives of 67 people before its emergency landing in the Arabian Sea (file)
New Delhi:
Two of the three bodies have been recovered after the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed in the Arabian Sea during an emergency landing while approaching a ship for evacuation of an injured crew member.
One crew member was previously saved when the wreckage was located.
The bodies recovered on Tuesday have been identified as Commander Vipin Babu and P/NVK Karan Singh, according to Porbandar Coast Guard DIG Pankaj Agarwal.
The helicopter had saved the lives of 67 people during the recent cyclonic weather in Gujarat and was forced to make an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea during a rescue operation about 45 km from Porbandar.
The rescue operation was launched around 11 pm on Monday for medical evacuation of a critically injured crew on board the Indian-flagged tanker Hari Leela, about 45 kilometres off Porbandar at sea, in response to a request received from the captain of the vessel, the Indian Coast Guard said in a statement.
On August 26, the Indian Coast Guard rescued 11 crew members from the stricken MV ITT Puma during a challenging overnight search and rescue operation, according to a press release.
According to the statement, the Mumbai-registered general cargo vessel was en route from Kolkata to Port Blair when it reportedly sank about 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island in West Bengal.
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