Indian Coast Guard Rescues 9 Crew Members From Sinking Vessel Off Port Blair Coast

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) received a distress alert on Wednesday from a tugboat named Ganga-I that was approximately 30 nautical miles southeast of Port Blair in the Andman and Nicobar Islands, the statement said.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has rescued nine crew members from a sinking vessel off the Port Blair coast, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. The ICG received a distress alert on Wednesday from a tugboat named Ganga-I that was approximately 30 nautical miles southeast of Port Blair in the Andman and Nicobar Islands, the statement said. The tugboat had left Port Blair at 1.40 pm on Tuesday with a barge loaded with construction material, it added. "The vessel was scheduled to arrive at Hutbay at 6 am on Wednesday. However, the vessel crew observed heavy flooding in the engine room en-route Hutbay and activated distress in the morning on Wednesday to alert the authorities," the statement said.