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ICG rescues 9 crew members of mechanised vessel stranded in high seas

Chennai, Oct 6 (UNI) The Indian Coast guard (ICG) has successfully rescued nine
crew members, who were stranded in the mid sea between Tuticorin and Maldives,
after their Mechanised Sailing Vessel (MSV) developed a technical snag today.
A defence release said the MSV 'Annai Vailankanne Arockia Vennila', with nine
crew members on board, developed a technical snag about 170 nautical miles
from Tuticorin and 230 nautical miles from Maldives and got stranded in the
rough seas and sought assistance through the Distressed Alert Transmitter (DAT).
The ICG's Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Chennai received the
distress message last evening at 1600 hrs about flooding in the vessel.
The MRCC launched the National Search and Rescue Services and activated
International Safety Net (ISN) for coordinating SAR operation.
Two merchant vessels. MV SKS Mosel (IMO – 9240433, MMSI –258792000, Flag -
Norway) and MV MCP Salzburg (IMO – 9383481, MMSI – 212031000, Flag - Cyprus)
were identified as potential SAR units and diverted to the datum.
MV MCP Salzburg reached datum and safely rescued all the nine crew members
of the MSV at 0230 hrs today and proceeded to its next port of call (NPC) Maldives,
where the rescued crew would be disembarked.

The release sat DAT was an Indigenous technology developed by Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) in consultation with Indian Coast Guard, the National
Search and Rescue Authority.
DATs are carried by Indian fishing boats, MSVs, Coastal Vessels and other small
vessels and the distress alert was monitored round the clock by MRCC Chennai
at Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (East).
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