FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin An Indian-flagged mechanised sailing vessel (MSV), Virat 1, carrying 14 Indian crew members, sank off the coast of Oman on June 14 after suffering an engine failure. The incident occurred about 80 nautical miles east of Ras Al Hadd. Following the mechanical breakdown, the vessel began taking on water and ultimately sank, though the exact technical cause is still under investigation. All 14 crew members safely abandoned the ship and transferred to a liferaft during the emergency. A large-scale search-and-rescue operation was launched involving Omani authorities, nearby commercial vessels, and support from the Indian Navy. RelatedNews Delayed medical evacuation leaves deceased sailor aboard ship for over 2 days Two separate maritime security incidents reported near Yemen and Oman var jnews_module_21375656_0_6a2fd14994e0c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375656","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"163,518,251,34","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0