Oil Vessel With 14 Indian Crew Catches Fire In Gulf Of Oman, INS Tabar Leads Rescue Ops
According to the Indian Navy, the oil vessel was going from India's Kandla to Oman's Shinas when a fire broke out in the engine room and a total power failure on June 29.
A massive fire broke out in an oil vessel, named MT Yi Cheng 6, with 14 crew members of Indian origin onboard in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday. Responding to the distress call, an Indian Naval ship, INS Tabar, deployed in the gulf for maritime security operations provided immediate assistance.
According to the Indian Navy, the oil vessel was going from India's Kandla to Oman's Shinas when a fire broke out in the engine room and a total power failure on June 29.
'Indian Navy's stealth frigate INS Tabar, mission deployed in the Gulf of Oman, responded to a distress call from Pulau-flagged MT Yi Cheng 6, on 29 June. The vessel with 14 crew members of Indian origin, transiting from Kandla, India, to Shinas, Oman, experienced a major fire in the engine room and total power failure onboard," the Indian Navy said in a post on X.
It said that the INS Tabar responded to the distress call from Pulau-flagged vessel and the firefighting team and equipment from naval ship were transferred onboard by the ship's boat and helicopter to evacuate the stranded crew members, including 14 Indians.
'The firefighting team and equipment from INS Tabar were transferred onboard by the ship's boat and helicopter. 13 Indian naval personnel and 05 crew members of the stricken tanker are currently involved in firefighting operations, with the intensity of fire onboard reduced drastically," it added.
This is not the first time the Indian Navy has come to the aid of distressed vessels.
Earlier this month, the Indian Navy executed a critical operation to assist the MV Wan Hai 503, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship that was engulfed in flames since June 9.
Despite rough seas and challenging weather, a salvage team was deployed to the burning ship to initiate towing efforts and prevent it from drifting closer to shore.
The vessel caught fire off the Kerala coast while travelling from Colombo to Mumbai after one of its containers exploded.
The Indian Navy used a Seaking helicopter from the Southern Naval Command in Kochi to lower the salvage team onto the vessel. The operation was complex due to adverse conditions, including strong winds and the ongoing fire.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Indian Express
an hour ago
- Indian Express
Smoke, mirrors and the starving mind
I met her on Instagram — let's call her Meera. A small-town South Indian girl in her early twenties, a law student at a premier Indian institution. She found my profile, followed my posts, started responding to my stories. Her comments were sharp, sensitive, thoughtful. I get hundreds of DMs a week—some thirsty, some thankful, most forgettable. But I remembered her. She had a voice. And when she moved to Mumbai to start her legal career, we finally met. At first, I saw a future luminary. Smart, articulate, ambitious. But the more time I spent with her, the more I felt a quiet unease. Something wasn't adding up. Her thoughts, her questions, her inner world — it all felt hollow. Every conversation would veer into the who-wore-what of Instagram, the who-partied-where of influencers, the where-should-I-go of meaningless travel. Her brain, once full of promise, was now bouncing like a pinball inside an endless scroll. Let me say this early, clearly, and without qualification: I am not writing this from a perch. I don't speak from superiority or detachment. I've spent years in the company of hundreds of young people — mentoring, listening, being taught. Some have come from almost nothing and built astonishing lives. Some have had every comfort and still hustle harder than anyone I know. Others, despite talent and training, are complacent. There is no one box, no easy classification. But there is something happening — and we need to comprehend it. I've learned more from the young than I can count. They've shown me what I missed in my own youth. They've made me proud, inspired, and sometimes ashamed of how little I did when I had my chance. I write this from a place of affection, not authority. From concern, not condescension. This is a qualified lawyer. She went through one of the most intellectually rigorous courses a student can take. And yet—no curiosity, no conviction, no calm. She worried in real time about the breakup of an influencer she didn't know, about a reel gone viral for the wrong reasons, about whether she should go to Mauritius or Maldives. Her world was urgent, tense, and empty. One day she told me she wasn't making enough money. She was borrowing from siblings and friends, saying her expenses were unavoidable. I asked what these unavoidable expenses were. Part of it was going toward skin lightening treatments. I lost it. I said, Are you mad? You're an educated woman, a legal professional—how have we ended up here? She follows all the makeup tricks, the clothing hacks, the sales at H&M and Zara. But she has no clue about thread count, fabric, labels, designers, their stories, their struggles, their biographies. Nothing. It's all surface. This isn't passion—it's performative. Knowledge that comes from scrolling, not studying. From following trends, not following through. It's not an isolated case. More and more of these young minds—engineers, MBAs, doctors, actors, designers—are stuck. Not for lack of opportunity. Not for lack of privilege. But for lack of legs. They all want arms that reach—grabbing fame, grabbing influence, waving for attention. But nobody wants to build the sturdy legs it takes to stand, walk, fall, stand again, and move forward. It's the boring work before greatness that they resist. Take Rhea. Born and raised in Mumbai. Wants to be an actor. Her dream isn't about art—it's about visibility. Her investments go into her body: weight, waist, skin, jawline, curves. Hours spent worrying about filters, body angles, camera tricks. Ask her about diction? She stumbles. She can't speak English with clarity, can't carry Hindi with confidence, and Urdu is a distant cousin she's never met. She wants to star in Indian cinema but knows nothing about India's theatrical legacy. Can't name ten great actors, five great directors, or three film genres. Ask her about cinema beyond Bollywood—France, Iran, Korea—and you get a blank stare. Ask her to sing, dance, recite—she's taken 'just enough' classes, but none with depth. She wants to be discovered, but hasn't done the work worth discovering. The hunger is cosmetic. The effort, curated. The goal, clout. I've met fashion aspirants who can't tell silk from satin, linen from polyester, who think 'thread count' is a TikTok challenge. But they want their names lit up. Designers who can name influencers but not fabric types. Artists who won't step into a museum unless it's trending. And yet they call themselves creatives. Here's the irony: the influencers they idolize—Orry, Urfi Javed, Sahil Salathia—are not lazy minds. I know some of them personally. They've worked tirelessly. They study, hustle, learn. But their followers? They want the look of success without the labor of becoming. Parabjot Bali, a model from Jammu, is one of the few exceptions I know. He's a reel-maker, a social media natural. But he also reads poetry, writes with elegance, and can talk for hours about music, cinema, or politics. His captions are smart. His reels have rhythm. There's substance under the style. He's not just online—he's alive. Then there's Aamir Rabbani. Grew up in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Knew he was gay by his teens, and also knew he couldn't say it out loud. He got into Jamia Millia for fine arts, moved to Delhi, worked full-time while studying full-time, lived frugally, learned constantly. Today, he's head of design at the Observer Research Foundation and exhibits his art internationally. I asked him once how he did it. He said: 'Internet. Google. Instagram. Social media helped me find the world I was looking for. But I had to do the work.' He treats the online world like a library, not a casino. So no, I'm not anti-social media. I love it. I use it. I live on it. I post daily, respond often, and rotate my 7,500-friend limit on Instagram with generosity and joy. I don't gatekeep. If you follow me and reach out, I usually reply. I believe in access. I believe in visibility. I've built entire platforms and projects through digital reach. I don't resent the medium. What I resent is the mental laziness that's using it as a shortcut instead of a superpower. Greatness comes after boredom. You must be bored before you're brilliant. You must fail before you're formidable. You must learn, long before you're loved. There's a strange crisis unfolding. Young minds aren't broken by poverty or war or hunger. They're broken by option paralysis, by endless comparison, by trend-chasing that never leads to truth. And they're exhausted—lonely, sad, entitled, anxious. Not because they've tried and failed, but because they haven't tried and they know it. And I see all of this—still—in Meera. She has so much brilliance in her. But she's caught in the trap. She told me recently about a man who wanted to date her. A few years older. A solid guy. Wrote her a book-length message about his feelings. 'He's so sweet,' she said, 'but I don't know.' 'Why not?' I asked. 'I don't know,' she shrugged. And there it was again: the passivity, the confusion, the inability to want something and work for it. A kind of paralysis wrapped in privilege. Meera could still be one of the greats. She has the talent. The access. The spark. But if she doesn't slow down, if she doesn't wake up, she may scroll her way past a future that's trying to find her. The world is ready to celebrate her. But first—she must build her legs.
Time of India
6 hours ago
- Time of India
How the sinking of MSC Elsa 3 exposed India's maritime blind spots
How the sinking of MSC Elsa 3 exposed India's maritime blind spots PTI The Liberian container vessel, carrying marine fuel, that developed a critical 26-degree list nearly 38 nautical miles southwest of Kochi on Saturday, tilts further in the sea off the coast of Kerala, in Kochi, on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Synopsis The sinking of MSC Elsa 3, a container ship, off the coast of Kerala exposes deep systemic fault lines in India's maritime governance. By P MANOJ 12 Mins Read, Jul 01, 2025, 05:00 AM IST SHARE THIS NEWS Close Font Size Abc Small Small Abc Normal Normal Abc Large Close On the morning of May 25, a tragic sight was spotted off the coast of Kerala. The Liberian-flagged container ship 'MSC Elsa-3' capsized and sank, disappearing beneath the waves with over 640 containers, including at least a dozen carrying hazardous chemicals. What initially seemed like an isolated shipping accident soon unraveled into a troubling tale of material loss, environmental danger, and systemic vulnerability. This tragedy stands as a
Time of India
7 hours ago
- Time of India
Another Gaur Killed on Ballarshah-Gondia Railway Track
Chandrapur: A fully grown Indian Gaur was killed after being hit by a passenger train on the Ballarshah-Gondia route on Friday evening. The accident occurred in Compartment No 474 under Junona range when train number 68816, travelling from Gondia to Ballarshah, collided with the animal. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now According to wildlife activists of Habitat Conservation Society, who visited the spot, the impact was so intense that the train dragged the gaur for nearly 120 metres, dismembering the body and scattering flesh and horns across the tracks. The train was reportedly briefly halted before it resumed its journey towards Chandrapur after remains of the Gaur were cleared of the track. This is the second such incident in recent months. A similar accident had occurred in February in Compartment No. 413, raising serious concerns over the safety of wildlife in the area. A few days back a pregnant Sambar was killed in similar collision with the speeding train on the same railway track. The Ballarshah-Gondia railway line passes through areas adjoining the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve and is a critical wildlife corridor connecting Kanhargaon Sanctuary, Kawal Sanctuary, and Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary to Tadoba. Conservationists note that the track connects ahead to the Balaghat-Nainpur section in Madhya Pradesh, where effective mitigation structures like underpasses and overpasses have been installed, however this track through Maharashtra lacks effective mitigation measures. Experts and environmental groups are urging the railway authorities in Maharashtra to adopt similar measures to prevent further loss of wildlife. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now While recommendations have been made to restrict train speeds to 50–60 kmph between 7 pm and 7 am in forested stretches, its implementation remains inconsistent. "Concrete action is the need of the hour. Mere proposals or committee discussions won't help unless they lead to on-ground changes," said president of Habitat Conservation Society, Dinesh Khate, Khate along with Kiran Bavaskar and Amit Deshmukh, visited the site and informed Junona Forest Range officials. Forest guard Gajanan Lute and other forest workers later visited the spot to complete the formalities.
