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Mumbai: 26 still missing; Navy deploys diving teams to look for bodies
Updated On: 22 May, 2021 11:41 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Mumbai police have announced they will conduct a probe as to why the ill-fated barge remained in the turbulent area despite warnings about cyclone Tauktae, an official said.
Naval personnel on board of the ship INS Kochi help injured people rescued from the offshore Barge P305 in the Arabian Sea. Pic/AFP
With no trace of 15 personnel from barge P305 and 11 from tugboat Varaprada six days after Cyclone Tauktae fury rendered the vessels adrift, the Navy on Saturday deployed specialised diving teams to boost the search and rescue operations (SAR) off Mumbai coast.
“To augment the ongoing SAR ops for the missing crew of Barge P305 and Tug Varaprada, specialised diving teams onboard INS Makar with side-scan sonar and INS Tarasa sailed out early morning today from Mumbai,” a Navy spokesperson tweeted.
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