Four navy personnel went missing after the torpedo recovery vessel sank on Thursday
A search is on to trace the four missing personnel. (Photo: PTI/File)
Chennai: Naval exercises planned by the Eastern Command fleet for coming Sunday off Chennai coast have been put off in view of ongoing rescue operations to locate four missing personnel after a vessel sank off Visakhapatnam harbour and also due to a deep depression in the Central Bay.
“We have called off the day at sea (exercises) for the time being since most ships are deployed for search and rescue operations and also due to a deep depression in Central Bay,” naval officer in-charge (TN and Puducherry) Commodore Amar K. Mahadevan said on Friday. Four navy personnel, including an officer, went missing after the torpedo recovery vessel sank on Thursday night killing one sailor, while 23 others were rescued.
A search is on to trace the four missing personnel. The navy was to take mediapersons on board ships to witness the event called off due to ‘operational exisgencies,’ said a navy release.
( Source : PTI )
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