Indian Coast Guard (ICG) located and rescued a distressed fishing boat ‘RSN-TWO’ with seven crew onboard off the Tillanchong Island, approximately 350 kms south of Port Blair, on July 01, 2021.
- The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Port Blair received a distress alert at around 1130 hrs on June 30, 2021.
- Since the alert was activated from an unregistered Distress Alert Transmitter (DAT), ICG shared the information with the Fisheries authorities which said that the boat, with seven crew onboard, had left Port Blair on June 28, 2021 for fishing.
- A co-ordinated search and rescue operation was launched immediately and ICG ship C-422 from Kamorta was tasked for search in the area.
