The massive search for 10 sailors who went missing after their ship, struck by a storm, sank in the Pacific off the Philippines last week was intensified with navy's Poseidon 8-India (P8I) aircraft joining the search operation.The reports came of two search flights failing to find anything.
On Friday, the 33,205-tonne Emerald Star, with 26 Indians on board, sent a distress signal when a typhoon struck. Sixteen sailors were rescued by ships nearby. The Indian missions in the Philippines, Japan and China have launched a search for the missing sailors.
In a series of tweets, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said: "Indian Embassy in Japan has informed me that a helicopter and 2 patrol vessels of Japan Coast Guard are engaged in search/rescue operations."