Fourteen crew members were rescued on Sunday after the Indian-flagged vessel they were aboard suffered an engine failure off the coast of Oman, said the Indian Embassy.
It added that the crew on board the vessel Virat 1, who were all Indian, evacuated to another ship heading to Mumbai.
The vessel had begun sinking about 80 nautical miles east of Ras Al Hadd in Oman, reported ANI. The embassy did not provide further details about the incident or the vessel’s condition.
This came in the wake of a series of incidents in the region involving vessels with Indian crew members, as tensions continue in West Asia.
Three Indian sailors were killed after the United States’ military on Wednesday attacked the Palau-flagged tanker Settebello off the coast of Oman.
On Thursday, the US said that its military had “disabled” another tanker off the coast of Oman as it was allegedly attempting to transport oil from Iran.
Videos posted on social media showed smoke billowing from the Guinea-Bissau-flagged bitumen tanker MT Jalveer, which was located off the port of Shinas in northern Oman. Twenty Indian seafarers on board the vessel were evacuated.
An Indian seafarer serving aboard the merchant vessel MT Celestial died of illness on Thursday at Duqm Port in Oman, said the Indian embassy on Saturday.
The Forward Seamen’s Union of India alleged that the seafarer died due to a lack of timely medical support.
Written by Sara Varghese. Edited by Sneha.
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