INS Airavat receives distress after Port Blair-based fishing boat reports defect in gearbox
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INS Airavat receives distress after Port Blair-based fishing boat reports defect in gearbox

India Today  

INS Airavat received a distress call from Port Blair-based fishing vessel Saleth Matha II off Carnicobar, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands at 11 pm on Friday, wherein the crew members of the fishing boat requested assistance after reporting a defect in the gearbox. The ship immediately proceeded towards the fishing vessel at the maximum speed to render assistance. The Port Blair-based fishing boat with seven crew members had been drifting off Carnicobar and requesting assistance on MMB channel 16 due to a major defect in the gearbox since early morning on July 29. Gusting winds, swelling up to 3.5 meters, and intermittent rains because of active South-West monsoon in the region made towing arrangements an extremely difficult task.

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