Search continues for 22 after bulk carrier sinks off India
Two Chinese seafarers were rescued, and 22 crew members remain missing as Indian and navy vessels search the Bay of Bengal.
- 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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The search for 22 crew members continues after a Panamanian cargo ship sank while sailing from Paradip, Odisha, to China. The Indian Coast Guard and Navy have been searching for them for 24 hours. Two people were rescued, but the rest remain unaccounted for.
Panama-Flagged Bulk Carrier Sinks Off India Leaving 22 Crew Members Missing
Representation image A Panama-flagged bulk carrier sank in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, India. 22 of its 24 crew members have been missing after a tanker rescued 2 from liferafts. MV Ocean Winner, a bulk carrier carrying 72,100 metric tonnes of iron ore fines, left Paradip Port in Odisha late evening on August 20th, according to the Indian Coast Guard. The 225-metre-long and 32.26-metre-wide bulk carrier was built in 1998, and the shi…
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