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Navy also provided assistance in search and
rescue operations to ONGC in recovering one dead
body and pieces of wreckage of an ONGC Dolphin
Helicopter with two crew which ditched in the
sea near Oil Rig Sagar Jyoti, west
of Mumbai harbour in May 97. Rescue and search
operation was also undertaken by the Navy when a
merchant ship 'Arcadia Pride' with 33 crew
members sank on June 19, 1997, seven nautical
mile west of Mumbai. 9 persons were rescued and
4 bodies were recovered. Naval helicopters also
evacuated all the 19 crew members of MV
Sea Express, registered at Kingston
Jamaica, which had reported flooding. The Master
and the Chief Engineer of the ship were
Pakistani nationals. |
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