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Search continues for 22 after bulk carrier sinks off India
Search teams are still looking for 22 missing crew members after the vessel sank within eight minutes, officials said.
- On Saturday, the Panama-flagged cargo vessel Ocean Winner sank off the Odisha coast, leaving 22 of 24 crew members missing after Indian Coast Guard rescued two Chinese seafarers.
- Departing Paradip Port on Thursday with iron ore cargo, the vessel developed a list on Friday and sank within eight minutes, according to Shyam Jagannathan, director general of India's Maritime Administration.
- Commandant Amit Uniyal of the Coast Guard confirmed 24 crew members included 20 Chinese nationals, three Myanmar nationals, and one Bangladeshi, with 22 missing including 18 Chinese nationals.
- Deploying vessels from Sri Vijaya Puram, the Indian Navy coordinates with the Coast Guard for ongoing rescue operations, though survival chances fall sharply after 12 hours.
- Officials have not determined the sinking's cause as Captain Alekha Charan Sahoo of the Paradip Port Authority stated he is praying for the crew's safety.
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It seems to take only a few minutes for the "Ocean Winner" to go down. Of 24 crew members, only two can escape to a life raft. Force forces are searching hundreds of kilometers off the coast of India for survivors.
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Authorities were conducting a search and rescue operation off India's east coast Sunday after a distress call was issued and contact was lost with…
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