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Barge death toll 49, 26 still missing

561 Ajay Banerjee New Delhi, May 20 Forty-nine bodies have been found so far in the Arabian Sea near the spot where the ill-fated barge ‘P305’ sunk on the intervening night of May 17 and 18 as Cyclone Tauktae ravaged past the country’s western coast. After more than three days of search by the Navy and Coast Guard, 26 persons are still missing at sea. Hopes of finding any more survivors are slim, but the search will continue as the sea is known to throw up miraculous survivors even days after accidents, sources in the Navy said. Legally, those missing cannot be presumed dead till there is evidence to support it. Such a search at sea is normally not called off till a few weeks. Of the 261 persons on the ill-fated barge, 186 have been rescued and brought back to the shore in batches. All those who have been rescued had jumped off the barge as it sank. All were wearing self-illuminating life jackets with a special prop to keep a person’s head above water.

49 bodies found, 26 more missing four days after Cyclone Tauktae sank barge off Mumbai coast

49 bodies found, 26 more missing four days after Cyclone Tauktae sank barge off Mumbai coast
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26 bodies found in Arabian Sea, 49 persons still missing

The sunken barge was working at the Heera oil rig part of the Bombay High oil rigs, 70 km south-west of Mumbai. It was a part of six separate vessels which had been adrift at sea since Monday following the Cyclone Tauktae. All were connected with oil-drilling work or new projects at the Bombay High. The others are safe. Also the number of persons on board the ill-fated barge ‘P305’ has been down revised from the 273 announced earlier to 261, the latest number. The Navy had initially said 273 were on board the barge and this was based on the first SOS message. The Oil and Natural Gas Commission clarified that the number on board the barge was 261. The Navy has confirmed the figure and now it has been revised to 261 on board before the accident.

Cyclone-battered barge sinks off Mumbai coast, 90 missing

Cyclone-battered barge sinks off Mumbai coast, 90 missing
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