3 dead, 6 missing in fishing boat accident off Mangaluru

Mangaluru: Three persons died and six others are missing in a fishing boat accident that occurred 43 nautical miles in the sea from here on Tuesday.

Five fishermen have been rescued from the boat.

In its official Twitter account, the Indian Coast Guard said that a rescue operation was carried out using three rescue ships and an aircraft.

 

The fishing boat reportedly sailed from Beypur in Kozhikode district, Kerala and included workers from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.