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3 Indians Dead, 5 Missing After Crew-Transfer Boat Capsizes Off Beira, Mozambique

Divers plan to resume recovery efforts after bad weather halted the search near the tanker’s anchorage.

Overview

  • The launch carrying 14 Indian nationals overturned during a routine transfer to a tanker off Beira, leaving three dead, five rescued and five unaccounted for.
  • One survivor is being treated in a Beira hospital, and a consular officer from the Indian High Commission visited the injured seafarer.
  • Search-and-rescue operations have faced repeated weather disruptions, with teams preparing to return to the identified site of the capsized boat.
  • Two of the missing have been named as Indrajith Santhosh from Ernakulam and Sreerag Radhakrishnan from Kollam, according to local officials in Kerala.
  • The cause of the capsize remains unclear and will be probed, as the Indian High Commission coordinates with Mozambican authorities and shares helpline contacts for families.