First Visuals of Rescue Operation of Commander Abhilash Tomy, Injured Navy Officer; Watch Video
The officer was lying injured in his sailing vessel in the south of Indian Ocean.
Abhilash Tomy, the Indian naval officer who was injured while participating in the round-the-world solo race was rescued on Monday. The 39-year-old Navy commander had reportedly lost the yatch's mast in a storm on Friday, said media reports. The officer was lying injured in his sailing vessel in the south of Indian Ocean. Abhilash Tomy to be Rescued by French Vessel Osiris After Indian Navy Locates 'Thuriya' Near Australia Coast.
A grainy video has surfaced online which shows the boat in the sea. Check the video below:
In its efforts to rescue Indian Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said on Sunday that the officer would be rescued French vessel Osiris in the next 16 hours.
Tomy, representing India in the Golden Globe Race 2018 (GGR) on an indigenously built sailing vessel 'Thuriya', was dismasted and suffered a back injury on Friday.
He was in the south Indian Ocean, approximately 1900 nautical miles from Perth, Australia and about 2700 nautical miles from Cape Comorin.
All out efforts were made to rescue Tomy and the Australian Rescue Coordination Centre at Canberra was coordinating the rescue mission in conjunction with many agencies including the Australian Defence Department and the Indian Navy, the Navy said in a statement.
The Navy had said its P-8I aircraft has sighted the SV Thuriya at 7.50 AM on Sunday.
The Indian Navy sources said the capability of the P8i has been a "humongous force multiplier" who has given it and the Australian MRCC a huge input into the state of Thuriya for planning purposes. An Indian Naval defence attache' in Australia was camping in regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), the navy sources said. (With Agency Inputs)
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