Chinese sailor feared drowned after falling off ship at Odisha’s Paradip Port

Rescue 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.

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.