The overturned Comoros flagged vessel, MT Falcon Prestige, transmitted a torture call around 10 pm on July 14 off the seacoast of Oman. “ The trafficker vessel has a crew of 16, of which 13 are Indian mariners. A source said that the Indian Embassy in Oman is in constant touch with the Omani authorities. coordinated by the Oman Maritime Security Center( OMSC), is on.
Indian Navy has also joined the hunt and deliverance operations, ” sources said. Indian Navy’s warship INS Teg has been stationed along with maritime surveillance aircraft P- 8I along with the Omani vessels and labor force to carry out hunt and deliverance operations after a Comoros- flagged vessel with its crew including 13 Indians overturned.
The Indian warship was carrying out an functional reversal in the area from where it was directed on July 15 to carry out hunt and deliverance operations. The warship had located the capsizing oil painting tanker on July 16 morning.
The oil painting tanker, Prestige Falcon overturned 25 navigational long hauls southeast of Ras Madrakah. This is near the Omani harborage of Duqm. The tanker was heading to the Yemeni harborage of Aden, according to shipping data by LSEG. The vessel is a 117- metre-long oil painting products tanker erected in 2007, LSEG’s shipping data showed. similar small tankers are generally stationed for short passages.
