SAVED 13 LIVES SIX YEARS AGO, NOW DISCARDED: The inflatable life boat which saved lives of 13 crew members of M V Asian Forest now discarded at Kotepura in Ullal near Mangaluru. This life boat was used by crew members of M V Asian Forest, the iron ore-laden ship on its way to China which sank off Arabian Sea, some six nautical miles off Panambur Coast on July 18 in 2009. Captain Yin Sheng Yan and Chief Officer Yang Gao Peng used this life boat for rescue purpose and reached Kotepura on that day. They were taken to KS Hegde Medical Academy Hospital at Deralakatte for treatment.
Published in TOI, Mluru edition.
