Cyclone Nilam: India search for missing sailors

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BBC - 11/01/12

Local fishermen in a skiff assist in search operation near the oil tanker Pratibha Cauvery after the ship ran aground October 31 off the coast in Chennai, on November 1, 2012

Crew members of the ship are reported to be missing

Rescue operations are under way in India's southern city of Chennai to find five sailors missing from an oil tanker that ran aground in a cyclone.

Coast guard helicopters and boats are combing the sea for sailors from the Pratibha Cauvery.

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