Indian Navy responds to drone attack distress call from vessel

Indian Navy's INS Visakhapatnam, currently deployed in the Gulf of Aden to counter piracy activities, swiftly answered a distress call from a Marshall Islands-flagged ship. The vessel, known as MV Genco Picardy, sent out the call on Wednesday evening. Fortunately, all 22 crew members, including 9 Indian nationals, were safely evacuated with no reported casualties. The fire that had broken out on the ship has been successfully extinguished. EOD specialists boarded MV Genco Picardy to assess the extent of the damage.