Although I have seen the video before...upon reviewing it again, some interesting things popped up.
1) The disarray of the Indian sailors....how they all embarked on the hanger deck and started behaving like 5 year olds..."meri photo lo"
2) The sad state of the heli and how it was secured to the deck (Indian media said that it was "damaged" due to the incident).
I know the location was near Somalia canal but can't understand why they rammed into INS.
Gulf of Aden, you can see the deep blue water and the foggy condition. As for the ramming, who knows....this ship was going to be retired either way but interestingly, this incident took place during/after Operation Umeed-e-Nuh, during which the INS Godavari impeded the help provided by PNS Babur (called PNS-182 in the video of OP) to the sailors of the cargo ship MV Suez, who were in dire conditions after being trapped in their ship for months and not getting help from any navy in the region. Until they were rescued by.....drumroll please, the PN.
You can read more about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Umeed-e-Nuh
Fun Fact: The crew of MV Suez was 4 Pakistanis, 6 Indians, 11 Egyptians and one Sri Lankan, probably not including whoever was "driving" the ship. And one of the Indian sailors also later said that the IN had ignored their plea for help....and since the crew included Pakistanis, the PN came forward to help.
Oh and don't forget the $2.1M "donated" to the Somali pirates by a Pakistani "humans right worker" during all of this.
Cherry on top:
Almost more than 5 year old footage and has been discussed on board.
Nearing 10 years but nothing wrong with remembering a fantastic job done by PN.
