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PANJIM: The bodies of two crew members missing from the sunken fishing vessel Marthoma which had collided against Navy’s submarine on November 21 were recovered on Thursday in a joint operation between the Indian Navy and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
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The boat had sunk after colliding with an Indian Navy submarine approximately 70 nautical miles northwest of Goa on November 21.
Eleven of the 13 crew were rescued on the same day by Indian Navy ships, while two persons were reported missing.
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard jointly undertook a week-long search effort, which helped localise the fishing boat’s wreckage on the sea bottom.
“The mortal remains of the two crew were recovered from the vicinity of the wreckage with the assistance of ONGC and are now being handed over to the authorities,” a senior naval official said.
