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⁠India’s coastguard ⁠and navy continued search-and-rescue operations off the eastern coast on Sunday after a Panama-flagged cargo vessel carrying 24 crew sank, with two Chinese nationals rescued, a ‌senior official said.
The two rescued Chinese seafarers said the vessel developed a list on Friday and sank within eight minutes, forcing crew to abandon ship, Shyam Jagannathan, director general of India’s Maritime Administration, said.
Jagannathan said the chances ⁠of finding survivors generally fall sharply after 12 hours, but ‌rescuers were continuing the search.
Twenty-two crew members remain missing from the Ocean Winner, including 18 Chinese nationals, ‌three Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi, according to the ⁠Indian coastguard.
The Indian navy is closely coordinating with the coastguard to locate ‌the remaining crew, the navy said in a post on social media.
The coastguard has ‌sent two vessels from Sri Vijaya Puram, formerly known ‌as Port Blair, for the search-and-rescue operation, a coastguard spokesperson ⁠said.
The Ocean Winner was carrying iron ore bound for ⁠China after departing from India’s eastern Paradip port on Friday, according to an initial report prepared from India’s Maritime Administration.
The ‌cargo ship ‌sank about 240 nautical miles (448km) from the port, according to government sources.
The cause of the sinking was not immediately known.


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The Panama-flagged vessel had ‌24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, according to India’s coastguard


The Panama-flagged vessel had ‌24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, according to India’s coastguard.


India rescues 2 Chinese nationals from sunken cargo ship, searches for others

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The Panama-flagged vessel had ‌24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, according to India’s coastguard

The Panama-flagged vessel had ‌24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, according to India’s coastguard