With most of the 17 Indian crew members of the MT Royal Grace who had been held captive by Somalian pirates since March 2, 2012, and 11 Indian seafarers onboard MT Smyrni in captivity since May 10, 2012 set to return to India on Monday, their parents eagerly await the return of their loved ones.
According to official sources: “Some of those rescued from MT Royal Grace are awaiting the arrival of a replacement crew before they can fly back to their families in India.”
While Indian officials refused to share details of the rescue operation, they confirmed that MT Royal Grace reached the Salalah port in Muscat on March 13 and MT Smyrni docked there the next day. Both the ships were received by Indian Embassy officials in Oman.
Keywords: Somalian pirates, Indian crew release
This is a good news for us Indians....
Lets hope to get more news in details....
It would be interesting to know the amount of RANSOM paid by the Government of India to secure the release of the Indian crew of MT
Royal Grace and the Indian seafarers of MT Smyrni.But then the
Center will say the info is classified.WHY?
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