A container ship was still seen emitting smoke today despite an Indian Air Force chopper having put off its fire yesterday, a Defence official said.
The smoke was seen billowing out of MV SSL Kolkata today during a visual recce by the Coast Guard aircraft, he added.
"A recce by a Coast Guard Dornier aircraft this morning revealed that smoke continues to emanate though there is no visible flame," Defence spokesperson Wing Commander S S Birdi said.
The Coast Guard has again flown a Dornier aircraft to carry out a visual assessment of the situation on the ship this evening, which was anchored about 8 nautical miles from Sunderbans.
An Air Force Mi-17 helicopter has been stationed at Frazerganj harbour helipad, the nearest possible location to the vessel "in case there is a requirement to once again carry out the dousing operations," he said.
A Coast Guard spokesperson said "no oil spill has been observed around the vessel."
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