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Vizag Vision : ICG conducts 11th National Maritime Search & Rescue Exercise off Kochi coast The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the 11th edition of National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX-2024) off the Kochi coast on November 29,2024. The two-day exercise was inaugurated by Defence Secretary Shri RajeshKumar Singh on November 28, 2024, and reviewed by Director General ICG Paramesh Sivamani. SAREX-2024, with the theme ‘Enhancing Search and Rescue Capabilities Through Regional Collaboration’, highlighted the importance of international cooperation in strengthening maritime safety. The first day of the event featured various programmes, including table-topexercise, workshop & seminars involving participation of senior officials from government agencies, Ministries & Armed Forces, various stakeholders and foreign delegates. The second day comprised the sea exercise involving large scale contingencies off the Kochi coast with participation of ships & aircraft of variousagencies.The simulated contingency involved a passenger aircraft crash, wherein an aircraft carrying 250 passengers encountered severe technical failure, losing communication with Air Traffic Control and vanishing from radar approximately 150 nautical miles northwest of Kochi. A coordinated Mass Rescue Operation (MRO) was swiftly initiated, demonstrating the seamless deployment of resources, including ships and aircraft from the ICG, Indian Air Force (IAF), tugs from Cochin Port Authority, three water metros, one Garuda rescue & emergency craft from Kochi Water Metro and awater ambulance provided by the Kerala State Administration. Key operations included:Life raft drops by IAF aircraft and ICG shipsPassenger evacuation using Advanced Light HelicoptersCrew rescue operations utilising Jason Cradle technologyThe innovative deployment of drones to deliver lifebuoysThe successful execution of these operations underscored the high level of coordination and preparedness among participating agencies.The exercise aimed to validate standard operating proced