Update on the missing persons in the Omani boat trip tragedy

T TV Monday 11/March/2019 19:15 PM
By: Times News Service

The search for two missing persons in Mahout continues into its fourth day, as more locals join security forces to cover more ground.

On Friday, March 8, 2019, six cousins from Qabil, went fishing near Khalouf when their boat overturned. Four bodies were found on the same day.

Two of them were reported deceased, while a two were discovered to be still alive.

"Nearly 47 fishing boats from Mahout, Masirah, and Khalouf began in the early hours of the morning, March 11, to support the search teams and comb the area extending from Bar Al-Hakman, passing through Muhut to Duqm and Ras Al Madraka.” - Fahad Al Namani, Co-worker of the missing persons