Two Bodies Found, One Still Missing After Indian Coast Guard Helicopter Crashed In Arabian Sea

ICG Helicopter Crash News: A day after an Indian Coast Guard Helicopter carrying four crew members crashed in the Arabian Sea during an emergency landing, the bodies of two members have been recovered while the search for another member is currently underway. One crew member was rescued and three went missing after the helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing. 

The two bodies recovered on Tuesday have been identified as Commandant Vipin Babu and P/NVK Karan Singh, as per the Porbandar Coast Guard DIG Pankaj Agarwal. Search operations for Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana are still underway.

The Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Coast Guard made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea during a rescue operation about 45 km from Porbandar. 

The Indian Coast Guard in a statement said that the rescue operation was launched around 11 pm on Monday for the medical evacuation of a seriously injured crew onboard Indian flagged Motor Tanker Hari Leela, about 45 km from Porbandar into the sea, in response to a request received from the Master of the vessel. 

The Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) reportedly saved 67 lives during recent cyclonic weather in Gujarat. Apart from the ICG, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and its state counterpart SDRF, the Indian Army, and the Indian Air Force relocated more than 17,000 people from the flood-affected areas.