At least 13 dead after Indian Navy speedboat collides with ferry in Mumbai port

MADRID Dec. 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Indian Navy has reported this Wednesday that at least thirteen people have died this Wednesday, victims of the collision of an Armed Forces motorboat with a passenger ferry in the port of the city of Mumbai, located in the west of the Asian nation.

“An Indian Navy vessel lost control while carrying out engine tests in the port of Mumbai due to engine malfunction. As a result, the vessel collided with a passenger ferry which subsequently capsized,” the Navy said in its statement. social networks.

Sources from the NDTV news network have detailed that ten of the deceased were on board the ferry, which at the time of the event had about 110 people on board. The other three fatalities were on the motorboat, which had five passengers inside.

The military authorities have enabled a rescue device with up to four helicopters, eleven naval vessels, a Coast Guard ship and three Maritime Police ships to rescue possible survivors. So far about a hundred people have been rescued.

Images and videos are already circulating on social networks showing the moment of impact between the speedboat and the ferry, which was supposedly heading towards Elephanta Island, located about ten kilometers east of Mumbai and considered a popular destination. tourist for its historical caves.