A missile strike broken a provider provider ship off India’s hover on Saturday (Dec 23) morning. The attack occurred 200 nautical miles southwest of Veraval and resulted in a expansive explosion, causing most important ruin to the vessel. Then as soon as more, no casualties possess been reported. The United Kingdom’s Maritime Change Operations (UKMTO) had first issued a public alert of the incident.
Indian Waft Guard ship ICGS Vikram is transferring against a provider provider vessel MV Chem Pluto in the Arabian Sea 217 nautical miles off Porbandar cost after it reported a hearth incident suspected to be brought about by a drone attack. The vessel has indecent oil and changed into as soon as going against Mangalore from… pic.twitter.com/a8JQevOn1Z
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2023
The vessel known as MV Chem Pluto had indecent oil and changed into as soon as going against Mangalore from a port in Saudi Arabia. Speaking to the news agency ANI, defence officials talked about the Waft Guard ship ICGS Vikram changed into as soon as transferring against the provider provider’s vessel. “As per inputs obtained, the fireside has been extinguished but it has affected its functioning,” the officials added.
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Indian Navy officials, in the meantime, talked about that navy ships possess been furthermore transferring against the vessel. The crew entails 21 Indians and one Vietnamese. The missile strike could well maybe possess been carried out the usage of a drone and this perspective changed into as soon as below investigation.
Visuals of the MV Chem Pluto taken by the Indian Waft Guard’s Dornier maritime surveillance airplane in the Arabian Sea after it changed into as soon as hit by a suspected drone which led to fireplace on it. pic.twitter.com/B4f61BgAGt
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2023
ANI later reported that the hover guard officials talked about that Dornier maritime surveillance airplane established verbal substitute with the distressed vessel. After the drone attack, the ship switched off its Automated Identification Gadget which could well maybe even be old for tracking the vessel. The skill generation procedure of the ship changed into as soon as functional and more tests possess been being implemented outdated to it set up of abode out for its destination.
Merchant ship to rendezvous with ICGS Vikram rapidly
In a while Saturday, hover guard officials talked about MV Chem Pluto had started transferring at a flee of round 11 nautical miles per hour and Indian Waft Guard ship ICGS Vikram is prone to rendezvous with it round 10 PM tonight. “MV Chem Pluto has furthermore requested to be escorted by ICGS Vikram and is anticipated to reach Mumbai by early December 25,” the officials urged ANI.
(With inputs from companies)
