Chennai Ship Tragedy: Bodies of All Five Missing Sailors Recovered
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod / Chennai
With PTI Inputs
Chennai, Nov 3: Bodies of all five sailors, who went missing after an oil tanker ran aground off the city beach hours before cyclone 'Nilam' made landfall on November 1, have been recovered.
While four bodies were recovered yesterday, one more was found washed ashore near Minjur coastal area early this morning, police said.
Joman and Krishnachandra
Joman Joseph (23), resident of Badiyadka, P C Krishnachandra (23), resident of Udama (both from Kasargod), Niranjan of Tamil Nadu, Jayadev from Belgaum and Raj Ramesh from Mumbai were among the missing.
Joman Joseph (23), elder son of K J Joseph and Molly is a resident of Badiyadka. He joined work at a company in Andhra Pradesh after his father quit his job in a ship.
P C Krishnachandra (23) is the son of P P Shekar, manager at Uduma cooperative bank, and Rama, teacher at Uduma Government School.
The five went missing after their lifeboat capsized in choppy waters while 16 were rescued by local fishermen and one drowned on Wednesday. Fifteen sailors were rescued on Thursday from the ship, which had a crew of 37 on board.
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), which ordered a preliminary probe into the incident, will soon begin salvage operations of the ship, belonging to Mumbai-based Pratibha Shipping Company.
The salvage operation is likely to start from November 7, the Directorate said last night.
The Madras High Court had yesterday ordered that the vessel not be moved out of Chennai Port until further orders.