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AsiaPac · 4 hrs ago
Day after China-bound cargo ship sank off Odisha, 22 of crew still missing
Two rescued after Panama-flagged cargo ship sinks off Odisha coast; search on for 22 crew membersVISAKHAPATNAM: Two crew members were rescued after a Panama-flagged bulk carrier carrying 24 people sank in the Bay of Bengal, about 230 nautical miles off Paradip coast of Odisha, with the Indian Coast Guard and Eastern Naval Command (ENC) intensifying search-and-rescue operations for the remaining 22 crew members.The two crew members were rescued from life rafts by MT Aisopos, a commercial vessel operating in the vicinity, after an Indian Navy P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft located the liferafts during the search-and-rescue mission.The operation was launched following a distress alert from MV Ocean Winner, which sank on Saturday while carrying iron ore from Odisha. The vessel had 20 Chin
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