13 divers trapped in Persian Gulf
A rescue team is trying to reach 13 divers trapped underwater after their support ship sank two days ago in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian official said.
Pirouz Mousavi, head of the Pars Energy Zone in southern Iran, told the official IRNA news agency that the divers are believed to still be alive despite a dwindling oxygen supply.
The divers – seven Indians, five Iranians and one Ukrainian – were part of a team installing an underwater oil pipeline and were inside a pressurised diving chamber when their Koosha-1 ship sank in the Persian Gulf on Thursday afternoon in stormy seas.
