13 Indians, 3 Sri Lankans missing after oil tanker capsizes off Oman coast

A Comorianflagged oil tanker capsized off Oman on Monday the countrys maritime authority saidThirteen Indians are among the 16member crew of a Comorosflagged oil tanker that went missing after it capsized off the coast of Oman the countrys maritime authority saidThe oil tanker capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah in the Wilayat of Duqm and a search and rescue operation was activated in coordination with the concerned authorities Omans Maritime Security Centre said in a post on X on MondayThe crew of Prestige Falcon included 13 Indians and 3 Sri Lankans the centre said in a statement on TuesdayThe crew of the ship are still missing it said noting that the search continuedThe Maritime Security Centre said in a post on X A Comorosflagged oil tanker capsized 25 NM southeast of Ras Madrakah SAR Ops initiated with the relevant authorities MaritimeSecurityCentreUpdates regarding the recent capsizing incident of the Comoros flagged oil tanker southeast of Ras Madrakah pictwittercomPxVLxlTQGDmdash MARITIME SECURITY CENTRE OMAN_MSC July 16 2024The tanker was heading to the Yemeni port of Aden according to shipping data by LSEGThe vessel is a 117metrelong oil products tanker built in 2007 LSEGs shipping data showed Such small tankers are generally deployed for short voyagesEarlier on November 27 a cargo ship carrying 14 crew members including Indian crew members sank off the coast of Lesbos island in Greece due to highspeed winds The Comorosflagged ship Raptor which was travelling from Dekheila Egypt to Istanbul carrying a load of salt sank 45 nautical miles 83 km southwest of LesbosIn another incident the police said that the bodies of two missing victims of a boat capsize in Assams Goalpara district were found on July taking the toll to five reported PTIChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while visiting the accident site and meeting the bereaved family announced ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the next of kin of each victimA small boat carrying about 20 people had sunk into flood waters at Simlitola in the Rongjuli police station area on July 11 leading to the death of five persons Three bodies were recovered the same day while the two others were found on July 12Sarma said the people were returning after cremating one Anjana Malakar when the accident happenedFive people have died in the accident and all were relatives of Anjana Malakar The entire village is mourning the deaths We also visited the bereaved family to pay our condolences he said reported PTIThe CM said ex gratia will be paid by the governmentWe have learnt that there are ailing members in the bereaved family and they have also lost their source of income We will see if we can further help them in the future he added reported PTIOn the allegations of negligence he said The cremation ground is surrounded by water We will see the details later Now is not the timeWith inputs from PTI