MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH! Indian Navy’s P8I plane locates sunken Chinese fishing vessel
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New Delhi, May 20: In a major breakthrough, the Indian Navy's P-81 aircraft located the capsized Chinese fishing vessel after an extensive Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, that sank in the Indian Ocean earlier this week. This came after the Navy's P-8I aircraft was deployed to undertake an extensive search in the area and located the capsized fishing vessel on Thursday.
The position of the capsized boat was relayed to People's Liberation Army NavyPLA (N) warships for further assistance. Subsequently, P-8I also sighted the fishing vessel's liferaft and guided the fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 017 towards it.
Indian Navy is further on standby to provide any additional assistance to the ongoing SAR efforts.
Notably, in humanitarian action, the Indian Navy has Indian Navy deployed its Air MR assets including P81 aircraft in the region and offered assistance in the ongoing search.
Indian Navy locates the capsized Chinese fishing vessel & it's raft in the Indian Ocean, has relayed their position to the Chinese.
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Taking to Twitter, Indian Navy said, "In a swift humanitarian action on 17 May Indian Navy deployed its Air MR assets in the Southern IOR approx 900 Nm from India, in response to the sinking of a Chinese Fishing Vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 with 39 crew onboard. The crew incl nationals from China, Indonesia and the Philippines."
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"P8I aircraft have carried out multiple and extensive searches despite adverse weather and located multiple objects possibly belonging to the sunken vessel. As an immediate response, SAR eqpt was deployed at the scene by the Indian aircraft on request of PLA (N) ships closing the area," the army added.
Earlier, on Tuesday, a Chinese deep-sea fishing vessel capsized in the central Indian Ocean, leaving 39 people on board missing, including 17 Chinese mariners, 17 Indonesian mariners and five Philippine mariners.
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Further, Indian Navy tweeted, "In a display of India's obligations as a credible and responsible partner for ensuring safety at sea, the Indian Navy units also coordinated SAR efforts with other units in the area and guided PLA(N) warships transiting to the scene of the incident."
"Indian Navy continues to remain deployed to provide all possible assistance to the ongoing SAR efforts," it added.
China had also thanked for the Indian Navy's assistance to search and rescue operations.