Board Of Inquiry Ordered, Two Still Missing: Navy After 13 Killed In Mumbai Ferry Tragedy
ABP NewsIndian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Thursday offered condolences to the grieving families of the thirteen persons who died and wished for a speedy recovery of the injured after a Navy speedboat crashed into a ferry off the Mumbai coast. Two persons from the ferry craft are still reported to be missing even as the search and rescue operations are in progress by eight Navy craft and a naval helicopter, augmented by a Coast Guard vessel, the Navy said. "Two persons from the ferry craft are still reported to be missing, towards which, Search and Rescue operations are in progress by eight Navy craft and a naval helicopter, augmented by a Coast Guard vessel," the statement added. The incident unfolded at around 4 pm on Wednesday, when a Navy craft undergoing engine trials lost control and collided with passenger ferry Neel Kamal off Karanja near Mumbai, the Navy said in an earlier statement.