The Maldives National Defence Force, MNDF, says it has scoured a vast area in its operation to find the three missing persons who disappeared after a supply vessel traveling to Huvaadhoo Atoll capsized and sank last Thursday.
According to the official 'X' account of the MNDF, 7,512 nautical miles by air and 1,970.10 nautical miles by sea have been searched so far. MNDF said that the search has been futile so far
Authorities rescued 7 out of the 8 crew members on the vessel traveling from Male' to Huvadhoo Atoll after it had started to take on water.
However, two rescuers and the captain of the boat went missing after the boat suddenly sank while they were still on the vessel. The two rescuers have been identified as a police officer and a soldier from the Maldives National Defence Force, MNDF.
Yesterday, the Foreign Ministry said that it had been seeking help from the country's bilateral partners to help locate the missing individuals along with the vessel that sank.
The three are believed to be stuck inside the vessel, which had sunk into a relatively deep area of the open sea.
