NewsIndiaOil tanker runs aground off Chennai, 15 sailors rescued, 6 still missing
Oil tanker runs aground off Chennai, 15 sailors rescued, 6 still missing
Chennai, Nov 1: Fifteen sailors were today rescued and a search was on for six other missing crews who were on board an oil tanker that drifted and ran aground off the city coast in
The vessel ‘Pratibha Cauvery' with 37 crew on board ran aground near Elliott's Beach in South Chennai, about 200 metres away from the shore.
One crew member drowned after a life boat carrying him and his 21 colleagues capsized in choppy waters while 15 others were rescued with the help of several agencies including Navy and local fishermen yesterday.
