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New Delhi:
Three crew members of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) are missing after a helicopter, deployed to rescue an injured crew member of 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 oil tanker Hari Leela, about 45 kilometres from Porbandar in Gujarat, to the sea.
The helicopter with four crew members was forced to make a “hard emergency landing” and ditched in the sea during the operation, the ICG said.
“One crew member has been recovered and the search for the other three is ongoing. The wreckage of the aircraft has been located,” the Coast Guard said.
On September 2, 2024, @IndiaCoastGuard The ALH helicopter was launched at 23:00 to evacuate an injured crew member from the Hari Leela oil tanker off the coast of #Porbandar, #GujaratThe helicopter had to make an emergency landing and crashed into the sea. One crew member was rescued and a search was underway for the man.
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) September 3, 2024
Four ships and two aircraft were deployed for the rescue operations, he said.
The incident comes days after the Coast Guard was involved in rescue and relief operations in rain-ravaged areas of Gujarat.
Besides the ICG, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and its state counterpart SDRF, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have relocated over 17,000 people from flood-affected areas.
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