Ship sinks off India's coast, spilling oil and cargo containers
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala were scrambling to contain an oil spill on Monday after a container vessel sank, leaking fuel into the Arabian Sea and releasing 100 cargo containers into the water.
The Liberia-flagged MSC ELSA3 ship was travelling from Vizhinjam on
India 's southern tip to Kochi when it capsized about 38 nautical miles (70km) off Kerala on Saturday, officials said, adding that all 24 crew members had been rescued.
The entire ship has since been 'submerged', the Kerala chief minister's office said in a statement on Sunday without elaborating on the cause of the incident.
'The Coast Guard is taking steps to block the oil with two ships. A Dornier aircraft is also being used to spray oil-destroying powder on the oil slick,' the statement said.
Crew members of the Liberian-flagged container ship are seen after being rescued off the Kerala coast on Sunday. Photo: Indian Defence Public Relations Office of Mumbai / AFP
The vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with 'hazardous cargo' and 12 with calcium carbide, the Indian coastguard said, without disclosing the contents of the containers that fell into the sea.
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