The Indian embassy in Oman has been in contact with the authorities concerned in the Gulf nation, the sources said.The vessel, MT Falcon Prestige, transmitted a distress call around 2200 hours on July 14 off the coast of Oman, one of the sources said earlier.The merchant vessel has a crew of 16, of which 13 are Indian seafarers, they said.”Our embassy in Oman is in constant touch with the Omani authorities. A search and rescue operation for the seafarers, coordinated by the Oman Maritime Security Center (OMSC), is on,” one of the sources said.”Indian Navy has also joined the search and rescue operations,” the source said.
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