The Indian Coast Guard said the helicopter took off in response to a distress call from an Indian-flagged oil tanker while it was sailing at sea off the Porbandar coast.
An Indian Coast Guard helicopter made an emergency hard landing and ditched into the Arabian Sea off Gujarat’s Porbandar coast yesterday night with four crew members onboard. One crew member has been recovered, while search is underway to trace the remaining three.
India Coast Guard said, the Advance Light Helicopter was launched yesterday night to evacuate an injured crew member from the Motor Tanker Hari Leela. It said, four ships and two aircraft have been deployed for rescue efforts,
Three crew members of an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter have been missing since Monday night after their helicopter made a hard landing and ditched into the sea off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat while they were on a mission to address a medical emergency on board a tanker.
In a statement posted on its official X account, the Indian Coast Guard said the helicopter took off at 11 pm on Monday in response to a distress call from Hari Leela, an Indian-flagged oil tanker while it was sailing at sea off Porbandar coast. “On 02 Sep 2024, @IndiaCoastGuard ALH helicopter was launched at 2300 hrs to evacuate an injured crew member from the Motor Tanker Hari Leela off #Porbandar, #Gujarat. The helicopter had to make an emergency hard landing and ditched into sea,” the statement said.