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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 rescued from sinking ship Newindpress.com May 31 2006 14:04 IST MANGALORE: Battling heavy gales, Coast Guard and Naval helicopters evacuated 20 crewmembers including a woman from a sinking merchant vessel, 'Ocean Sekaya' in the wee hours of Tuesday near Karwar coast. However, one person died after he jumped into the sea to save himself before the rescue operation began. The 225-feet Singapore-registered vessel, which ran into a cyclone, collided with the treacherous Oyster Rock near Karwar coast and began to sink. Due to the inclement weather the vessel was on ballast with total 21 people on board. The Karwar port officer who received the distress signals from the sinking vessel immediately alerted the Coast Guard headquarters at Mangalore. The coast guard regional headquarters at Mumbai and the Coast Guard HQ at Goa were also alerted. Two coast guard helicopters took off from Goa and despite the storm, 16 of the crew were first airlifted and shifted to safe places. The remaining four were rescued by naval helicopters. All the crewmembers were later shifted to Goa. Coast Guard Deputy Commandant Nithin Rathore said that Coast Guard faced one of the worst weather conditions, 1600 km off Malpe coast. "We rescued six fishermen from the boat capsized in the deep sea. Another rescue boat's radar went out of order yesterday and the same has been repaired. She is still doing operations," Rathore said. The lone victim, Ashwin Juvale, is suspected to have jumped into the churning sea when the vessel flying a Panama flag got separated from the anchor chain and collided with the rocks. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20060531034258&Page=K&Tit le=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0 ~(^^)~ Avelino _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)