The fishing boat had sailed for deep-sea fishing on April 6 with 11 crew onboard west of Kerala for a 30 days voyage from Thengapattnam Fishing harbour in Tamil Nadu
MANGALURU: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in yet another successful Search and Rescue operation at sea has located the missing Tamil Nadu fishing boat Mercedes in a massive search operation launched on April 24 at a distance of about 1100 km (590 miles) from Goa.
The fishing boat had sailed for deep-sea fishing on April 6 with 11 crew onboard west of Kerala for a 30 days voyage from Thengapattnam Fishing harbour in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu Fisheries authorities on April 24 intimated regarding the sighting of debris by other fishing boats operating in the area presuming the fishing boat Mercedes to be sunk.
Indian Coast Guard locates TN fishing boat 1,000 km off Goa
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Chennai, April 28 : The Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday said it has located the 11 missing Tamil Nadu fishermen and their boat about 1,100 km off Goa, and is escorting them back to land.
In a statement, the Coast Guard said the fishing boat, with 11 crew on board, had sailed from the Thengapattnam Fishing harbour in Tamil Nadu for a 30 day deep sea fishing voyage on April 6.
On April 24, the Tamil Nadu fisheries authorities intimated sighting of debris by other fishing boats operating in the area presuming the fishing boat to be sunk.