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Down sank near Strait of Hormuz
A U.S. Navy SAR helicopter and a nearby merchant ship rescued all 14 Indian crew members of the sinking MSV 'Virat 1' in the Northern Arabian Sea near the Strait of Hormuz shipping route on June 14, 2026. The vessel had suffered engine failure approximately 80 nautical miles east of Oman’s Ras Al Hadd coast. The U.S. Navy received a distress call at approximately 2 a.m. EST. A U.S. Navy P-8 maritime patrol aircraft was first to arrive on scene and deployed an SAR kit that included a life raft, which the crew successfully boarded. The roro ferry 'Jabal Ali 9' (IMO: 8020604) had diverted from its course and subsequently arrived at the scene. It's cree recovered 11 castaways from the raft. The destroyer USS 'Michael Murphy' also responded to the distress call and participated in the SAR operation. The three remaining crew members of the 'Virat 1' were rescued by an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter of the aircraft carrier USS 'Abraham Lincoln'. Rough sea conditions caused the life raft with the three mariners aboard to capsize, before the helicopter crew was able to recover them. They were also transported to the 'Jabal Ali 9' in good health and taken to Mumbai with an ETA at the vessel’s port of destination as of June 18. Report with photo: https://gcaptain.com/merchant-ship-u-s-navy-rescue-14-indian-mariners-near-hormuz-shipping-route/
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