Indian Navy helps distressed Chinese fishing vessel

In a swift humanitarian action on 17 May Indian Navy deployed its Air MR assets in the Southern IOR approx. 900 Nm from India, in response to the sinking of a Chinese Fishing Vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 with 39 crew onboard, ANI reported.

The crew included nationals from China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The Indian Navy also said P8I aircraft have carried out multiple and extensive searches despite adverse weather and located multiple objects possibly belonging to the sunken vessel. As an immediate response, SAR equipment was deployed at the scene by the Indian aircraft on request of PLA (N) ships closing the area.