Mumbai: Indian Navy on Wednesday deployed its surface and air assets for the Search and Rescue (SAR) of missing fishermen at sea off the coast of Mangaluru.
Indian Naval Ships Tillanchang and Kalpeni along with naval aircraft from Goa were deployed in the area to augment the SAR efforts of Coast Guard vessels.
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"It was reported that an Indian Fishing Boat 'IFB Rabah' with 14 fishermen embarked had suffered a collision with a Singapore flag merchant ship 'MV APL Le Havre', 40 nautical miles west of New Mangalore on Tuesday," a senior official said.
While two rescued fishermen have been shifted to safety ashore, three bodies have been recovered thus far.
The search is on for the remaining nine fishermen.
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To assist in the rescue efforts INS Subhadra, a patrol vessel was sailed from Karwar with a Diving Team embarked.
The ship arrived on the scene in the early hours of Wednesday.
Two specialist diving teams are undertaking a snag line search in the area to locate the sunk fishing craft.
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