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Drone hits merchant vessel off Gujarat; Patrol aircraft, warship deployed

Onmanorama | 24/12/2023 09:43 AM | Click to read full article

A merchant vessel, carrying about 20 Indian crew members, was reportedly struck by a suspected drone approximately 217 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast in the Arabian Sea on Saturday. There have been no reported casualties. A P-8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft, deployed by the Indian Navy after the UK Maritime Trade Operations, or UKMTO, reported the "attack", ascertained the safety of the vessel, MV Chem Pluto, and its crew, the sources said. 

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