Indian Sailor rescued in H'thota

5 March 2012 09:23 am

An Indian sailor who had fallen from a merchant vessel on Sunday morning was rescued by a group of Sri Lankan fishermen off the coast of Little Bases sea in Hambanthota on Sunday night after being drifting in the seas for nearly ten hours.

The Indian national had fallen over board the Singapore flagged vessel "Prabhu Daya" in the Trincomalee sea area which was en route to Chennai from Goa.  He was rescued by a fishing trawler on late Sunday night. 

Speaking to the Daily Mirror Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that the Indian High Commission was informed about the incident.

“The merchant vessel had contacted the Indian high commission saying that a sailor had fallen over board,” he said.

“The High commission then contacted the navy and we were alerted about the incident. We sent a search and rescue team but we found that the sailor was rescued off the coast of Hambanthota by a group of fishermen” Commander Warnakulasuriya said. 

He was brought to the Naval Hospital in Trincomalee and subsequently, transferred to the Trincomalee Government Hospital for further treatment. (Supun Dias)



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