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355 employees rescued, 13 missing; the worst accident in the
history of ONGC
Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire
In terms of property loss, this has been the most serious accident in
ONGC history.
A person on board an MSV had broken his finger and needed
medical attention.
Attempting to transfer this galley crewman on the ship (MSV) to the
platform in order to receive medical attention (which was available
on the platform), the ship approached the platform , lost control and
drifted and collided with the platform. All available information
indicates that this collision resulted in serious oil leakage and fire,
which spread rapidly
These multipurpose support vessels are highly sophisticated
computerised ships, equipped to deal with all sorts of emergencies.
They have dynamic positioning systems and it is difficult to say
what went wrong, here.
There were 227 people on the Bombay High platform, while there
were 84 people on board Samudra Suraksha(MSV) and 73 people on
Noble Charlie Yester, a privately-owned drilling rig, which also had
to be abandoned. The platform was lost in less than two hours, while
Samudra Suraksha though afloat is still on fire and will be out of
service. There were about 384 people in all these places and 355
have been rescued.
Of the 12 persons who died, six are ONGC personnel (five officers
and one worker); one person is from SCI (which contracts the ships
to ONGC), and one from the rig Charlie Yester.