SAR Operations at Port Moresby

SAR Operations at Port Moresby

IN ship Sahyadri arrived Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) on 12 June 2017. The Embassy of India, PNG requested the ship to undertake SAR operations to locate a PNG fishing vessel which was suspected to have sunk approximately 7nm from the coast off Port Moresby with four crew (two Fijians of Indian origin and two PNG nationals) onboard. Chetak helicopter (ex-Sahyadri) was launched and the capsized fishing vessel was detected. The ship informed the exact position of the capsized fishing vessel to the PNG authorities.