Indian Coast Guard Conducts Medical Evacuation of Crew from Liberian-Flagged Vessel

An Indian coast guard ship C-425 on Saturday conducted medical evacuation of a 59 yrs old Indian crew suffering from chest pain onboard Liberian flagged merchant vessel Lila Lisbon off Parip port.

evacuation was carried out by Indian crew at 19: 50 hours on March 16, India Coast Guard said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “ICG Ship subsequently handed over patient to shipping nt at Parip for furr medical manment,” Indian Coast Guard ted.

On Saturday, INS Kolkata also conducted 40-hour rescue mission, coercing at least 35 pirates to surrender and achieving safe extraction of 17 crew members from pirate vessel Ruen, approximately 2600 km away from Indian Coast. ““In operation, Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft h picked up Marine Commandos in large numbers from an air base on west coast of India and n airdropped m in Arabian Sea near hijacked vessel around 2600 Km away from Indian shores,” Indian Navy said in a statement.

It ded, “Special boats of commandos were also airdropped separately on location in which y moved towards vessel and carried out operation.”

India warding off hijacking attempts of commercial vessels

Indian Coast Guard has been warding off hijacking attempts of commercial vessels from pirates in Arabian Sea. crew rescued Liberian-flagged merchant vessel after its attempted hijack in January. As many as 21 crew members, including 15 Indians, were rescued from MV Lila rfolk after y intercepted vessel, but pirates were t found.

Indian Coast Guard responded to hijacking distress call by Liberian flagged vessel from its location off Somalia’s coast in rth Arabian Sea. After rescuing crew members on board vessel, Indian coast guards also carried out “sanitisation” operations on ship.

“ attempt of hijacking by pirates was probably abandoned with forceful warning by Indian Navy, marine patrol aircraft, of interception by an Indian Naval warship,” Indian Navy later informed in a statement. Indian Navy’s warship INS Chennai assisted in rescue operation. navy said that it “remains committed to ensuring [] safety of merchant shipping in region along with international partners and friendly foreign countries."