Navy speedboat simply earlier than it collided with the ferry off Mumbai coast
Mumbai:
An Indian Navy speedboat that was present process engine trials misplaced management and collided with a passenger ferry off the Mumbai coast right now. The navy in an announcement mentioned 13 folks together with a naval officer and two folks from the unique gear producer have been killed within the accident.
A video of the accident was captured on digicam from the ferry which was carrying 110 folks. The navy craft was carrying 5 folks.
Ten ferry passengers have been killed, whereas the remaining 102 together with the 2 survivors from the navy craft have been rescued.
“At about 1600 hours (4 pm), a navy craft present process engine trials misplaced management and collided with a passenger ferry, Neel Kamal, off Karanja, Mumbai. The ferry was carrying passengers from Gateway of India to Elephanta Island,” the navy mentioned in an announcement.
The video of the speedboat colliding with the ferry surfaced over two hours after the accident occurred.
Earlier, it was reported the ferry began sinking, however the trigger was not recognized. The boat had sailed from the Gateway of India to Elephanta Island, off the Mumbai coast.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh mentioned he was “deeply saddened by the lack of treasured lives within the collision between passenger ferry and the Indian Navy craft in Mumbai harbour…”
Deeply saddened by the lack of treasured lives within the collision between passenger ferry and Indian Navy craft in Mumbai Harbour. Injured personnel, together with naval personnel & civilians from each vessels, are receiving pressing medical care.
My heartfelt condolences to the…
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) December 18, 2024
Extra visuals present folks carrying life jackets being rescued and shifted to a different boat, whereas the vessel started tilting in direction of the water floor.
The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard carried out the rescue operation, with 11 navy boats, three boats of the Marine Police and a ship of the Coast Guard deployed within the space, a defence official mentioned.
4 helicopters have been concerned within the search and rescue operation, the official mentioned. Police personnel, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority employees, and fishermen within the space took half within the rescue operation.
Individuals use public ferries to sail to the Elephanta Caves, situated east of Gateway of India.
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