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In a daring operation, elite MARCOs of the Indian Navy rescued 13 members of the abandoned Olinda Star, an offshore platform of the state-owned ONGC, off Kakinada coast in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The lives of the technical team trying to the valuable rig were put to danger as the damaged oil rig tilted further on Friday. The rig was damaged due to the Phenthai cyclone. The elite naval force airlifted all the crew members with the help of INS Chetlat, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft. The 35-year-old rig, which was located in the KG Basin between Kakinada and Yanam, was abandoned as a precaution following an alert of the severe cyclone from the Meteorological Department.
