{"id":247199,"date":"2024-08-27T00:44:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=247199"},"modified":"2024-08-27T00:44:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:14:21","slug":"indian-coast-guard-rescues-11-crew-of-sinking-merchant-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/indian-coast-guard-rescues-11-crew-of-sinking-merchant-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Coast Guard rescues 11 crew of sinking merchant vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delhi, 26 Aug: The Indian Coast Guard on Monday said it rescued 11 crew members of a merchant vessel in a &#8220;challenging&#8221; operation after it reportedly sank around 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal.<br \/>\nThe Mumbai-registered cargo vessel was en route from Kolkata to Port Blair, the Coast Guard said. &#8220;The Indian Coast Guard on August 26 rescued 11 crew members from the distressed MV ITT Puma during a challenging night-time search and rescue operation,&#8221; it said. It said the vessel reportedly sank about 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island. (PTI)<br \/>\n&#8220;The Maritime Search &amp; Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Chennai initially received a distress signal late in the evening on August 25,&#8221; the Coast Guard said.<br \/>\n&#8220;The Indian Coast Guard&#8217;s regional headquarters (North East) in Kolkata promptly mobilised two ICG vessels and a Dornier aircraft to the site,&#8221; it said.<br \/>\n&#8220;The Dornier aircraft, equipped with advanced night-capable sensors detected adrift life rafts and sighted survival red flares from the distressed crew,&#8221; it said.<br \/>\nGuided by the aircraft, the ICG ship reached the coordinates where two life rafts were found tied together, housing the survivors, the Coast Guard said.<br \/>\n&#8220;Despite challenging weather conditions, the ICG ships Sarang and Amogh, alongside the Dornier aircraft, executed a coordinated sea-air rescue, ensuring the safety of the crew,&#8221; it said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, 26 Aug: The Indian Coast Guard on Monday said it rescued 11 crew members of a merchant vessel in a &#8220;challenging&#8221; operation after it reportedly sank around 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal. The Mumbai-registered cargo vessel was en route from Kolkata to Port Blair, the Coast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}