Giving details, the release said that when the ship was about 300 nautical miles from the nearest land, a 55-year-old crew was reported critically ill and unconscious and required urgent medical attention to prevent severe complications.
Nine days have passed since the Government of India launched its ambitious rescue mission, "Operation Kaveri" to evacuate stranded Indians in conflict-ridden Sudan. The operation was carried out using 5 Indian Naval Ships and 16 Indian Air Force aircraft including one from Wadi Sayyidna m
Under its Operation Kaveri, along with rescuing its citizens stranded in Sudan, the Government of India has now begun the evacuation of nationals belonging to its neighbouring country, Nepal.
As per an official statement, there were two pilots and a technician on board. All three injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital, Udhampur.
A group of 16 Indian evacuees departed from Jeddah on a Lucknow-bound flight on Thursday as Operation Kaveri continues to rescue people from battle-torn Sudan.
"A group of 14 Indian evacuees departs from Jeddah onboard a flight for Mumbai," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a tweet.
"22nd batch of evacuees leaves Port Sudan. 135 passengers are flying to Jeddah onboard IAF C-130J aircraft," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted on Thursday.
"20th batch of evacuees arrives in Jeddah from Port Sudan. IAF C-130J flight brings 116 evacuees," the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said in the statement.
ADM Rajkot S J Khachar, who was there at the Rajkot bus stand to receive the evacuees, said that 156 people, who have reached earlier in Agemdabad from Sudan, have reached Rajkot and will be sent to their houses and earlier two senior citizens were sent back to their homes by ambulance.