 crew members are missing after a helicopter, which was deployed to rescue an injured crew member from a tanker in the Arabian Sea, had to make an emergency landing on Monday.){kind=link}
New Delhi:
Three Indian Coast Guard (ICG) crew members are missing after a helicopter, which was deployed to rescue an injured crew member from an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea, had to make an emergency landing on Monday.
The ICG said an advanced light helicopter was deployed at 11pm to evacuate a “critically injured crew” aboard the tanker Hari Leela, about 45 kilometres off Porbandar in Gujarat, out to sea.
The helicopter with four crew members was forced to make an “emergency crash landing” and fell into the sea during the operation, the ICG said.
“One crew member has been recovered and a search is underway for the remaining three. The wreckage of the aircraft has been located,” the Coast Guard said.
On September 2, 2024, @IndianCoastGuard The ALH helicopter was launched at 23:00 hours to evacuate an injured crew member from the tanker Hari Leela off #Porbandar, #GujaratThe helicopter had to make an emergency landing and plunged into the sea. One crew member was recovered and a search is underway for the injured.
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) September 3, 2024
Four ships and two aircraft have been deployed for rescue efforts, he added.
The incident comes days after the Coast Guard took part in rescue and relief operations in rain-ravaged areas of Gujarat.
Apart from the ICG, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and its state counterpart SDRF, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force relocated over 17,000 people from flood-affected areas.
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