Five Indian crew members of Sunken Cargo Ship Emerald Star are being brought to Manila Philippines before their repatriation to home. <br/><br/>Right now they are in Irene, Philippines. In a series of tweets, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, Indian Officials from Guangzhou Consulate visited the injured 11 crew members in a Xiamen hospital. <br/><br/>He said, search for missing ten crew members is still ongoing using aircraft and vessels. An Indian Navy aircraft has already joined the search and rescue operation. <br/><br/>Last week, the Hong Kong-registered ship with 26 Indians on-board sent a distress signal as a typhoon churned in the region. It sank some 600 km south of Ishigaki island of Okinawa prefecture early Friday. <br/><br/>The ship was sailing nearly 280 kilometres east of the northern tip of the Philippines.
News On AIR | October 16, 2017 8:48 PM
Five Indian crew members of Emerald Star being brought to Manila