All three senior officials are executive directors in charge of drilling, safety and executive exploration, respectively. They have been suspended to conduct a fair and free investigation issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Barge P305 crew members rescued by Navy walk out of INS Kochi after arriving in Mumbai
New Delhi: The ill-fated Afcons barge Papaa (P-305) moved only 200 metres away from the unmanned offshore platform off Bombay High where it was working, a distance the vessel’s master appears to have considered safe as per projections of cyclone Tauktae’s wind speed and depression, Afcons, which had chartered the vessel for an ONGC contract, said in a statement on Thursday.
Going by the statement, it now appears the barge would not have capsized had it moved further away and had the master considered a bigger margin for error in predicting cyclones that are known to be fickle and can change projected course and ferocity.