A cargo ship is presumed sunk in rough seas caused by Cyclone Phailin off the coast of West Bengal but its crew consisting 17 Chinese and an Indonesian was rescued today. The Coast Guard Commandant Rajendra Nath said, the crew were spotted in a lifeboat by a Coast Guard Dornier aircraft yesterday and rescued 28 nautical miles north-east of Balasore in Odisha early today.

He said, the crew had abandoned the ship after it started sinking 24 miles south of Sagar Island. All of them are safe now and they have been sent to a hospital for check-up.The Panama registered MV Bingo carrying 8,000 tonne of
iron ore was sailing to China after it left the Sagar anchorage on Friday. It went missing the day after. The Coast Guard official said that no trace of the ship has been found yet and
it is presumed to be sunk.