Tag: Search and Rescue Operations (SAR)

A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Air Station Cape Cod rescued three mariners five nautical miles off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusets, August 5, 2023.

On 7th August, Carnival Cruise Line’s crew aboard Mardi Gras answered a call from the U.S. Coast Guard to rescue a couple from a sailboat.

According to Brazilian federal police, four Nigerian stowaways survived 14 days stuck in a cramped area above a cargo vessel's rudder, before rescued. 

The Indonesian authorities, with the assistance of fishermen, successfully salvaged all 11 missing crew members of a vessel that sank in the Malacca Strait.

Indian Coast Guard’s advanced light helicopter conducted a medical evacuation of an individual who reportedly suffered a sudden stroke and also had partial paralysis fighting against a turbulent sea on 24th July. 

According to International news, an overloaded passenger vessel reportedly capsized off Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, taking the lives of 15 individuals.

On 21st July, a merchant ship helped rescue a boater who had developed symptoms of heat stroke off the coast of Louisiana.

An operation to rescue MV Pangaon Express started on 16th July, 10 days after it sank in heavy waves in the Bay of Bengal on 6th July, while en route from Chittagong to Pangaon Inland Container Terminal in Keraniganj.

On July 12th, an explosion and ensuing fire were reported on the oil tanker Ratu Yamani near Kalimantan, Indonesia. 

Guam-French, Canadian, and U.S. Forces, with local responders, successfully conducted a search and rescue operation to save the operator and passengers of a distressed vessel off the coast of Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on July 10.