Six ship's crew missing as India cyclone kills eight
- Published: 1 Nov 2012 at 17.24
- Online news: Asia
CHENNAI - Rescuers in southern India searched Thursday for six tanker crew missing after their lifeboat capsized as a cyclone slammed into the coast overnight, forcing thousands to flee and killing eight.
The crew of the Pratibha Cauvery oil tanker abandoned ship after it ran aground on the southern edge of Chennai, and one sailor was confirmed to have drowned.
The ship, which had unloaded its oil in Chennai port, was stranded on a beach close to the shore on Thursday as three helicopters and small vessels took the 15 remaining crew members ashore.
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