The bodies of two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jawans were retrieved from the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, following the emergency landing of an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) on Monday night. The search for one remaining crew member is still underway.
The incident unfolded on Monday when the helicopter, with four aircrew members onboard, was forced to make an emergency landing at sea as it approached the Hari Leela. Earlier, one of the four crew members was successfully rescued. The Indian Coast Guard has launched an investigation to determine the cause of the emergency landing.
A massive search and rescue operation was immediately launched by the ICG, involving four ships and two aircraft combing the area in a desperate bid to locate the missing crew members. Although the wreckage of the helicopter has been found, the search for the last missing crew member continues with all available resources.
The Indian Coast Guard posted a statement on X explaining that an advanced light helicopter was deployed to evacuate a “seriously injured crew” onboard the Motor Tanker Hari Leela, about 45 kilometres from Gujarat’s Porbandar into the sea.
On 02 Sep 2024, @IndiaCoastGuard ALH helicopter was launched at 2300 hrs to evacuate an injured crew member from the Motor Tanker Hari Leela off #Porbandar, #Gujarat. The helicopter had to make an emergency hard landing and ditched into sea. One crew member recovered, search for…
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) September 3, 2024
