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Lost at Sea
Rescue officers find missing vessel's crew
The crew consisted of a Maldivian captain and two expatriate workers
Shan Anees, Raajje.mv | 6 އޮކްޓޯބަރު 2017 | ހުކުރު 07:33
The 'Umeedhu' had been travelling from capital city Malé
The Maldives National Defence Force’s rescue officers have found three members of the crew they began looking for early Friday.
They had received a distress call from ‘Umeedhu’, a vessel used for cargo transfer, at around 5:30 am while it was in Baa Atoll.
The defence force had dispatched search teams by land and sea on Friday after first-responders failed to sight the crew or the vessel.
Officers had even said that there ‘were no signs’ of a vessel having sunk.
The crew consisted of a Maldivian captain and two expatriate workers. The captain had confirmed that the vessel had sunk.
