U.S. says it helped in rescuing Indian MSV crew

The U.S. Centcom has posted on its X page a news report that a U.S. Navy search and rescue helicopter assisted in the rescue of 14 Indian mariners in the Northern Arabian Sea, June 14.

A U.S. Navy P-8 aircraft was first on scene, responded by dropping a search and rescue kit that included a life raft, which the 14 mariners boarded.

MV Jabal Ali 9 subsequently arrived on scene and successfully recovered eleven crew members from the raft.

According to news report, an MH-60 Sea Hawk, assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), rescued three additional mariners after their life raft capsized in the rough seas. The three mariners were transported to M/V Jabal Ali 9, where they were in good health and spirits.

A mechanised sailing vessel had experienced an engine failure off the coast of Muscat, and the crew eventually transferred safely to a liferaft, as per an Indian embassy post on X.