The French Navy saved 12 Indian seafarers from the Panama- flagged vessel Durban Queen after the vessel encountered difficulty and also was sinking in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday.

According to France’s Marine Nationale, the French frigate Cassard on Tuesday early morning grabbed a distress signal from the Durban Queen situated just concerning 13 kilometres in the Persian Gulf.

A helicopter was released raised 4 of Durban Queen’s team and also supplied them to a close-by industrial vessel.

The helicopter made 2 added journeys to save the continuing to be 8 team participants, consisting of some with small injuries, and also bring them aboard the Cassard for therapy.

The 8 team participants were later on moved to the seller ship and also the frigate proceeded its trip to Kuwait to join the reciprocal marine workout, Pearl of the West.