The Navy comes to the rescue of a merchant ship near Oman, reports DailyPioneer.
What happened?
The Indian Navy rushed help to a stranded cargo ship that was drifting in the high seas while sailing from Oman to Iraq.
She suffered propulsion, power generation machinery, and navigational equipment failure.
Team for the rescue
Based on the preliminary aerial assessment about the distress of the vessel, the Indian Naval Ship dispatched its VBSS (Visit Board, Search and Seizure) team along with a technical team by boat to offer assistance to the vessel that had seven Indians as her crew, said a statement issued by defense spokesperson.
“The naval teams worked continuously for seven hours onboard the vessel to operationalize her equipment viz. both Generators, Steering Pump, Sea Water Pump, Compressor and Main Engine thereby making the vessel seaworthy again,” the spokesperson added.
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Source: The Pioneer
