Port Blair, Aug 08: In
an excellently co-ordinated midnight rescue mission, Indian Coast Guard ship
Aruna Asaf Ali de-flooded distressed DSS passenger vessel MV Swaraj Dweep’ which was having 343 personnel
onboard. The vessel reported flooding
about 40 nautical miles east of Carnic Nicobar Island, 190 nautical miles south
of Port Blair.
The passenger vessel
had sailed from Port Blair on 1st Aug with 250 passengers and 93 crew onboard,
alongwith cargo containers for Nancowry Island. However, water ingress was
observed in the vessel’s forward section at hold no.2 due to which the cargo
hold was flooded upto 05 meters level. Despite all out efforts by ship staff
and continuous pumping, water level did not fall below 5 metres.
Post assessment of
situation and severe sea conditions, the master of the vessel relayed midnight
distress message to Indian Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre,
Port Blair at about 0140 hrs (early hours of Aug 02, 2018). Immediately on
receipt of message, Coast Guard swiftly launched a rescue operation for the
safety of the 343 precious lives onboard. Coast Guard ship ICGS Aruna Asaf Ali
was swiftly sailed from Kamorta to assist the distressed vessel. Meanwhile,
captain of the ship was directed to head towards Carnic anchorage.
In the early morning
hours CG diving team comprising of five experienced divers, ex Port Blair,
embarked onboard Coast Guard Dornier aircraft for Carnic. On landing at Carnic,
the team joined ship’s damage control team. All out efforts by the ICG ship’s
damage control team resulted in de-flooding of the vessel using submersible and
diesel driven pumps. The team is fully prepared to undertake underwater damage
control as soon as the leakage is isolated.
By
the time of issuing this report, water level was brought down to 1ft and
evacuation of passengers by ICG ship Aruna Asaf Ali and DSS vessel Kamorta had
commenced. The passengers are being ferried to safety before they embark
respective vessels for their destinations.
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