CHENNAI: The body of one of the 10 missing sailors after a ship with 26 Indian nationals sank off the Philippines on October 13, is believed to have been found by Philippines Coastguard at Island city of Banua, according to official sources.
According to information available with Express, the unidentified decomposed body with a life jacket was found on October 27 by Phillipines Coast Guard and it was buried in Banua.
The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has contacted the embassy in Manila to exhume the body and bring it to Manila for identification by DNA.
The 10 Indian crew members went missing last month after their cargo ship sank in the Pacific off the Philippines as a typhoon churned in the region.
The 33,205-tonne Hong Kong flag ship Emerald Star with 26 Indian nationals on board was sailing some 280 km (174 miles) east of the northern tip of the Philippines when it went down the sea after Severe Tropical Storm Odette struck the region.