3 dead, 6 missing in fishing boat accident off Mangaluru
Team Udayavani, Apr 13, 2021, 1:33 PM IST
Mangaluru: Three persons died and six others are missing in a fishing boat accident that occurred 43 nautical miles in the sea from here on Tuesday.
Five fishermen have been rescued from the boat.
In its official Twitter account, the Indian Coast Guard said that a rescue operation was carried out using three rescue ships and an aircraft.
In a swift sea-air #SAR operation @IndiaCoastGuard deployed 03 #ICG ships & aircraft to search for 14 fishermen of IFB ‘Rabah’ approx 43 NM west #NewMangalore #today. 02 crew found, search for other crew in progress.@DefenceMinIndia @Min_FAHD @shipmin_india @SpokespersonMoD
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) April 13, 2021
The fishing boat reportedly sailed from Beypur in Kozhikode district, Kerala and included workers from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
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