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Twenty-three Indian unit members onboard MV Falcon, which caught occurrence and was adrift disconnected the Yemen seashore pursuing an explosion, person been rescued and safely handed implicit to the Djiboutian Coast Guard.
The Cameroon-flagged MV Falcon, which was sailing southeast of the larboard of Aden, Yemen, with destination Djibouti, caught occurrence aft an detonation onboard connected Saturday (October 18, 2025).
The vas was afloat loaded with liquefied petroleum state (LPG).
Upon receipt of an urgent distress petition from the vessel’s master, UNAVFOR ASPIDES, a purely antiaircraft cognition that protects civilian ships and crews navigating the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, initiated a hunt operation.
“EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, nether the coordination of Rear Admiral Andrea Quondamatteo, Force Commander of ASPIDES, has successfully coordinated a SAR (SEARCH AND RESCUE) operation," a connection released by ASPIDES said.
“MV MEDA successfully rescued 24 crewmembers of MV FALCON (1 Ukrainian and 23 Indians),” it added.
The MV Falcon was escorted to the Port of Djibouti, wherever the rescued seafarers were safely handed implicit to the Djiboutian Coast Guard.
Out of a unit of 26, 2 members are inactive reported missing.
ASPIDES has informed each competent Authorities that vessels successful the country person to support a harmless region owed to the hazard of detonation since the MV Falcon is carrying LPG.
