THIRTEEN Indians are among the 16-member crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that went missing after it capsized off the coast of Oman, the country’s maritime authority said. The tanker capsized 25 nautical miles south-east of Ras Madrakah in the Wilayat of Duqm, and a search and rescue operation was activated in coordination with the concerned authorities, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said in a post on X on Monday. The crew of ‘Prestige Falcon’ included 13 Indians and 3 Sri Lankans, the centre said in a statement on Tuesday. “The crew of the ship are still missing,” it said, noting that the search continued.

 

The vessel was headed for the Yemeni port city of Aden, according to the shipping website marinetraffic.Com. It had departed from the port of Hamriya, in Dubai. The Indian embassy in the Gulf nation is in contact with the concerned authorities, official sources said on Wednesday. “Our embassy in Oman is in constant touch with the Omani authorities. A search and rescue operation for the seafarers, coordinated by the Oman Maritime Security Center (OMSC), is on,” one of the sources said.