The wreckage of the plane has been found, but efforts to find the remaining missing crew members continue.
The ICG deployed a massive search and rescue operation, sending four ships and two aircraft to the area to search for the missing crew members
The bodies of two Indian Coast Guard members were found in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday night. An ICG helicopter crashed off the Porbandar coast of Gujarat during a rescue operation, leaving three crew members missing.
One of the three crew members is still missing. The incident occurred on Monday night, the ICG said in a statement.
The statement further read: “On September 2, 2024, an Indian Coast Guard ALH helicopter took off at 2300 hours to evacuate an injured crew member from the Hari Leela motor tanker near Porbandar, Gujarat. The helicopter had to make an emergency hard landing and Fell into the sea. One crew member has recovered and the search for the remaining three crew members is ongoing. ICG has deployed 04 ships and 02 aircraft for rescue operations.
The ICG quickly deployed a massive search and rescue operation, sending four ships and two aircraft to the area to search for the missing crew members. times of india the report said. The wreckage of the plane has been found, but efforts to find the remaining missing crew members continue.
On August 26, ICG successfully rescued 11 crew members from the distressed MV ITT Puma during a nighttime search and rescue operation. According to reports, the general cargo ship registered in Mumbai was en route from Kolkata to Port Blair when it sank about 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island in West Bengal.
