Coast Guard rescues 15 crew as ship runs aground

Coast Guard personnel on Tuesday rescued 15 Syrian marine crew from a merchant vessel that ran aground five nautical miles off Mangaluru.

The crew of mv Princess Miral abandoned the ship following a breach in the hull, which led to ingress of water. Following a call for rescue, Coast Guard ships Vikram and Amartya braved rough waters to reach the foreign vessel and rescue the crew, a release here said.

The vessel was carrying 8,000 tonnes of steel coil from Tianjin in China to Beirut in Lebanon.