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.
The Indian Coast Guard team will be headed by ADG Rakesh Pal, Officiating Director General, Indian Coast Guard. The delegation of the South Korean Coast Guard will be led by Commissioner General KIM Jong Wook.
An ALH Dhruv Mark 3 helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) met with an accident during trials in which all three crew are safe after which an inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
A Sri Lanka national based in the United Kingdom was apprehended at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu while he was trying to return to his homeland on a mystery vessel, the Indian Coast Guard said on Saturday.
More than two weeks after an accident off the Mumbai coast, the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard have continued to keep their ALH Dhruv chopper fleets grounded as thorough checks are being carried out on specific parts of the indigenous helicopters.
Based on a specific intelligence input by ATS, the Indian Coast Guard on Monday deployed its two Fast Patrol class of ships, ICGS Meera Behn and ICGS Abheek for patrolling in the Arabian Sea.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Ankit undertook a medical evacuation of a foreign national from the Arabian Sea on Monday. The patient was safely brought to Porbandar and shifted to Government Hospital at Porbandar and then to Rajkot.
19 Officers of the 75th course of Assistant Commandant GD (P/N) and DP passed out of the portals of the Indian Coast Guard Training Centre, Kochi on successful completion of the CG Law and Operations Course today.
In a joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard alongwith the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai, seized a gold consignment of 17.74 Kg worth approximately Rs 10.5 crore from Mandapam Seashore in Tamil Nadu while the consignment was being smuggled from Sri Lanka by Sea route.