Indian Navy corners pirates, succesfully rescues 17 crew members onboard cargo ship
Indian Navy commandos forced the pirate ship to stop through calibrated actions which were augmented by INS Subhadra, HALE RPA, P8I maritime patrol aircraft & MARCOS PRAHARs air-dropped by C-17 aircraft
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The Indian Navy, after a painstaking 40-hour-long operation, successfully rescued the 17 crew members of a Maltese-flagged merchant vessel on Saturday.
In a statement, the Navy said that it cornered and coerced all 35 Pirates to surrender while ensuring the safe evacuation of all the crew members of MV Ruen.
On Friday, the pirates opened fire on the Indian warship, which took appropriate actions in self-defence as per international law and to counter piracy and used minimal force to neutralise the pirates’ threat to shipping and seafarers.
How was the operation carried out?
INS Kolkata carried out the interception of the Pirate Ship Ruen almost 1400 nautical miles (2600km) from the Indian Coast.
Indian Navy commandos forced the pirate ship to stop through calibrated actions which were augmented by INS Subhadra, HALE RPA, P8I maritime patrol aircraft & MARCOS PRAHARs air-dropped by C-17 aircraft.
