Ali yoosuf, Haveeru Online
Dec 15, 2012 - 02:51
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The
Sri Lankan fishing vessel rescued by MNDF on Saturday. PHOTO/ MNDF
Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and
Police have aided a Sri Lankan fishing vessel in distress and rescued five of
its crew members.
According to
MNDF the Sri Lankan vessel was spotted by a Maldivian fishing boat near a uninhabited
island in Lhaviyani Atoll in the early hours of Saturday morning. The vessel is
now docked near the island.
MNDF further
said the vessel was adrift after a faulty battery set had failed to start the
engine. The vessel did not even have an anchor, MNDF added.
The vessel is
believed to have left Sri Lanka 10 days ago, but all the crew members were in
good health. MNDF said.
MNDF further
said that the vessel had no catch at the time it was rescued.
A Sri Lankan
fishing vessel had recently rescued eight people travelling on “Hivvaru” boat.
Two of the ten people onboard that were found in a dingy by the Sri Lankan
vessel after the boat capsized had died.
