Vessel sinking: Search on for 4 missing Navy personnel

November 07, 2014 15:15

Four Navy personnel, including an officer, remained missing today after a vessel sank off the Vishakhapatnam coast last night and a full scale search is underway to trace them.

A Board of Inquiry has also been set up to look into the cause of the mishap of the Torpedo Recovery Vessel in which one sailor died. 23 others were rescued.

In view of the accident, Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan, who is on a four-day visit to Seychelles till November 9, is cutting short his visit to reach Visakhapatnam, Navy officials said.

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