India navy comments on rescue of stranded sailor in Indian Ocean

Описание: (24 Sep 2018) The Indian Ministry of Defence said an Indian sailor who was injured in the remote southern Indian Ocean during a round-the-world solo yacht race has been rescued by a French ship.
39-year-old Abhilash Tomy, an Indian Navy commander, was sailing his boat for a solo sailboat race around the world called the Golden Globe Race.
Indian navy spokesman Capt. D.K. Sharma said the naval officer has since been rescued after a multi-nation effort involving the Royal Australian Navy, a French fishing vessel and India's navy.
"He's fine. He's resting in the sickbay of the ship," Sharma said.
Australian officials earlier said the French fisheries patrol boat Osiris headed the 740 kilometers (460 miles) to Tomy after his yacht, Thuriya, lost its mast in a storm on Friday.
The yacht was in Australia's search and rescue zone 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) southwest of the Australian city of Perth and 3,000 kilometers southeast of the French island of Reunion, said an Australian Maritime Safety Authority search and rescue officer.
Tomy had been keeping in contact with rescue authorities through texts, but batteries on his two devices were running low, the officer added.

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