Indian Vessel Receives Aid from Pakistan Navy in Arabian Sea Breakdown

An Indian ship MV Gautam had developed a complete breakdown in technology while on its way from Oman to India and thus got stuck in the sea.

Pakistan Navy Sends Rescue Support

The Pakistan Navy provided rescue and assistance to the stranded crew of 6 Indians and 1 Indonesian upon being contacted by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Mumbai asking them for support.

After the alert, the Pakistan Navy responded swiftly by dispatching the ship PMSS Kashmir to carry out the rescue mission. Food, medicine and other supplies were provided to the MV Gautam in order to ensure the well being of the stranded crew and also stabilize the vessel, it was added.

The Pakistani Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) is also understood to have lent its support to the rescue efforts.

ICG Discovers Fault in Main Generator 

The ICG was apparently informed of the incident at 11:22pm on May 4th and also learned that the incident happened due to the failure of the generator on May 3rd leading to a complete power failure onboard MV Gautam, said NDTV sources. At the time the incident happened, MV Gautam was in Pakistan's Search and Rescue Region (SRR). 

ICG Ship Rajratan Sent for Assistance

The ICG ship Rajratan was dispatched in response and on approaching the ship was able to see that it had limited use of communication, primarily restricted to VHF radio and AIS on battery backup.

"It was further ascertained that technical personnel from the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) had boarded the vessel. Following assessment, the main generator was declared beyond repair," the sources said.