An Indian official told the BBC that the foreign ministry
was coordinating the operation with Oman's maritime authorities.
Oman officials said late on Monday that the oil tanker ‑
Prestige Falcon ‑ had capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of its Ras Madrakah
peninsula.
The Comoros-flagged vessel was on its way to the port of
Aden in Yemen when it capsized.
Officials from Oman's Maritime Security Centre told Reuters
news agency on Tuesday that the vessel remained "submerged, inverted"
but didn't confirm if it had stabilized.
Oman's defense ministry, which runs the center, did not
respond to the BBC's questions about whether the contents of the tanker had
spilled into the sea.
The 117.4 meter long tanker was built in 2007, according to
marinetraffic.com. The area the ship capsized in falls in the province of Duqm
in Oman, where the country has a massive industrial port.
Indians form a majority of the global maritime workforce and
they are often the victims of accidents or piracy.
Seventeen
Indian crew members of the MSC Aries, a commercial ship with links to Israel,
were stuck when Iranian troops seized the vessel in April. They were released
after negotiations between India and Iran.
In 2022, 16 Indian crew members of a ship were held in the
custody of Equatorial Guinea's navy for nine months.
