ICG Helicopter Crash in Porbandar: Bodies of 2 Crew Members Recovered, Search Underway for Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana
One crew member was rescued earlier, but Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana remains missing. The cause of the emergency landing is under investigation, according to ICG officials.
The bodies of two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jawans were recovered from the Arabian Sea on Tuesday evening, following the emergency landing of an ICG Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) near Porbandar. The helicopter, carrying four aircrew members, was en route to evacuate an injured crew member from the motor tanker Hari Leela when it was forced to land at sea late Monday night. One crew member was rescued earlier, but Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana remains missing. The cause of the emergency landing is under investigation, according to ICG officials. Search efforts for the missing Commandant are ongoing. Indian Coast Guard Helicopter Makes Emergency Hard Landing in Arabian Sea Near Gujarat, 3 Personnel Missing; 4 Ships and 2 Aircraft Deployed for Search.
Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana Missing
#UPDATE | Porbandar ICG ALH Helicopter crash | Out of the three missing crew members, the bodies of two of them, Commandant Vipin Babu and P/NVK Karan Singh, have been recovered. Search operations for Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana are still underway: Porbandar Coast Guard DIG… https://t.co/klzWWk03WB pic.twitter.com/ZbRD5gR1gP
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2024
ICG Helicopter Crash
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
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