Karachi 11 August : The Pakistan Navy saved nine Indian crew members whose ship sank in the Arabian Sea near Gwadar, the Director General Public Relations (Navy) declared in an announcement on Thursday, based on media reports. The incident occurred on the 9th of August (Tuesday) in which an Indian sailing vessel -‘Jamna Sgar” — sank with 10 crew members aboard according to the report, Geo News reported.
The ship began to sink the navy was notified of a distress signal and the Pakistan Maritime Information Centre requested the nearby merchant ship, MT Kruibeke, to offer assistance to the crew that was stranded of the sailing vessel that was drowning.
“The merchant ship finally rescued nine crew members, and continued its journey to the next port in Dubai and then embarked the crew.” the announcement said.
In the same period the another Pakistan Navy ship, along with two helicopters, arrived in the area and found the remains of one of the crew members who was not found during the time of the sinking of the vessel sailing, Geo News reported.
The body was found and transferred to Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) authorities for further investigation.
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