Chinese sailor feared drowned after falling off ship at Odisha’s Paradip PortRescue teams, including ODRAF, CISF and marine police divers, are scouring the waters after the sailor slipped while setting a ladder; a Bangladeshi crew member who jumped in to help was saved.
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Paradip: The authorities of Odisha’s Paradip Port have launched a search operation to locate a Chinese sailor, who fell into the water from a ship on Friday morning, police said.
Personnel of the ODRAF, CISF and Odisha Marine Police, besides scuba divers, are engaged in the search operation, they said.
In a bid to save the Chinese national, another sailor from Bangladesh had jumped into the sea, a police officer said, adding, he was later rescued.
The Chinese sailor accidentally fell into the water while setting a ladder, an official said.
The incident took place when a Chinese vessel was about to depart after unloading at the Paradip International Cargo Terminal (PICT), he said.