MANGALURU, 14 April, 2021 (TON): A collision of an Indian fishing boat with the foreign ship caused the death of three crew members, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Tuesday.

The fishing boat capsized in the Arabian Sea near Mangaluru off Karnataka's west coast, ICG said.

ICG tweeted, "Three crew members died after the Indian fishing boat 'Rabah' collided with a Singapore container ship (Apl Le Havre) and sunk 43 nautical miles west of Mangaluru in the Arabian sea in the wee hours of the day." 

"Three vessels and a Dornier aircraft from Kochi in Kerala were rushed to the mishap spot for search and rescue operation," said the ICG.

Of the 14 crew members of the fishing boat, 2 were rescued and search was on to trace the remaining 9 members on the high sea.

According to the reports, the fishing boat with 14 crew members, including 7 each from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal ventured into the sea from Beypore in Kozhikode district in the neighboring southern state on Sunday.