Coast guard rescues fishermen stranded mid-sea

Four sea-going fishermen from Mahakalpada area of Odisha's Kendrapara district, who were stranded mid-sea for over 96 hours, were today rescued and brought to safety by coast guard personnel.
The distressed fishermen and their fishing vessel were caught in rough sea. Later it developed technical snag and drifted along the deep sea. A coast guard Dornier aircraft sighted them about 90 nautical miles off Paradip coast close to Andhra Pradesh coastline, a coast guard official said.
The coast guard ship Amogh on patrol duty was diverted for the search and rescue operation, CG Deputy Inspector General, Sanjeev Dewan said, adding the entire operation was monitored by CG Paradip headquarters.

The fishing vessel was drifting on the seawaters without direction. As the seawater was unsteady and wavering, the fishing vessel had failed to negotiate the rough sea condition. The windy weather had also made the things worse for the vessel's crews. It was quite difficult to locate the vessel which was very small in size, the CG official said.
After the rescue act, the vessel and its crew members were towed back safely to Paradip.