Two confirmed dead in sunken Chinese fishing vessel; Indian Navy deploys P-8I for search efforts

Two crew of the capsized Chinese deep sea fishing vessel are confirmed dead, the Chinese Ministry of Transport said on May 18 as a multinational effort is racing against time to locate the missing crew. The Indian Navy said that responding to a distress call from the fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028, it had deployed P-8I maritime patrol aircraft on May 17 for search and rescue (SAR) efforts in the southern Indian Ocean Region, approximately 900 nautical miles from India.