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Indian sailor's death on Oman tanker triggers union protest over body storage
Union says crew used cold water bottles to slow decomposition of 35-year-old seafarer who died June 11. Death follows U.S. strike that killed three Indian sailors off Oman.
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An Indian seafarer died from medical complications aboard the tanker MT Celestial while docked at Duqm Port in Oman, the Indian embassy in Muscat said late Saturday. The embassy said it was making arrangements for early repatriation of the remains.
The Forward Seamen's Union of India said the body of 35-year-old Nishanth Uirthanathan, who died June 11, remained onboard for more than two days without proper refrigeration. Crew members were using cold water bottles to slow decomposition, the union said on social media, sharing a video it said was from the tanker.
India has more than 300,000 seafarers working across global shipping fleets, according to government data. More than 18,000 Indian seafarers are employed in the Middle East, a shipping ministry official said last week.