A search operation is underway to search out 16 lacking crew members, 13 of whom are Indians, after an oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman.
An Indian official informed the BBC that the Ministry of Exterior Affairs was coordinating the operation with Omani maritime authorities.
Omani officers stated late Monday that the oil tanker, the Status Falcon, capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of its Ras Madrak peninsula.
Three of the 16 lacking crew members are Sri Lankans.
The Comoros-flagged vessel capsized on its technique to the Yemeni port of Aden.
Officers at Oman’s Maritime Security Heart informed Reuters on Tuesday that the ship remained “submerged and the other way up” however didn’t affirm whether or not it had been stabilized.
Oman’s Ministry of Protection, which manages the centre, didn’t reply to BBC questions on whether or not cargo from the tanker had leaked into the ocean.
In accordance with MarineTraffic.com, the 117.4m lengthy oil tanker was in-built 2007. The world the place the ship capsized was in Oman’s Duqm province, which has a big industrial port.
Indians make up the vast majority of the worldwide maritime workforce and are sometimes the victims of accidents or piracy.
The MSC Aries, a service provider ship with hyperlinks to Israel, had its 17 Indian crew members trapped when Iranian forces seized the ship in April. They had been launched after negotiations between India and Iran.
In 2022, 16 Indian crew members on a ship had been detained by the Equatorial Guinea navy for 9 months.
