Dubai Police rescue 14 Indian sailors after ship hits rocks

Dubai Police have rescued 14 Indian sailors stranded off of Palm Deira after their ship hit rocks on the breakwater following engine failure, according to Gulf News.

Colonel Saeed Al Madhani, deputy director of Ports police station, said the rescue teams spent 35 minutes to rescue all the stranded sailors.

He said that they were alerted on 6:14 am on Wednesday that sailors need an urgent rescue operation after their ship got stranded near Palm Deira due to rough sea and strong winds.

“Despite the bad weather, rough sea, we located their place and rescued them in an operation lasted for 35 minutes,” Col Al Madhani said.

The Indian Consulate in Dubai has thanked Dubai Police for saving the lives of the crew on board the vessel Khadeeja 7 belonging to Orassia Shipping LLC on Tuesday night.

“The vessel was in blackout condition due to technical fault and struck with rock stones,” the mission tweeted.