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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2022
Lighter vessel with 1,100 tonnes coal capsizes in Bay, missing crew members rescued

Bangladesh

TBS Report
12 September, 2019, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 12 September, 2019, 04:39 pm

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Lighter vessel with 1,100 tonnes coal capsizes in Bay, missing crew members rescued

A fishing boat carrying the rescued people has reached Patenga safely.

TBS Report
12 September, 2019, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 12 September, 2019, 04:39 pm
Lighter vessel with 1,100 tonnes coal capsizes in Bay, missing crew members rescued

Nine crew members have been rescued this afternoon hours after they went missing when a lighter vessel capsized with 1,100 tonnes of coal in the Bay of Bengal due to rough weather.

A total of 12 crew members were in the vessel named MV Hera Parbat-8, when it capsized in Sandwip Channel near the Sangu gas field in the morning. Three of them were rescued immediately, but nine went missing.

A joint team of Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Bangladesh Air Force conducted the search operation in the area and rescued the missing crew members.

A fishing boat carrying the rescued people has reached Patenga safely. The vessel could not yet be traced as of filing of this report at 4pm.

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