Melbourne:
Australian authorities have ceased search operations for a 41-year-old Indian seafarer who fell overboard from a ship on Sunday.
Australian Marine Safety Authority (AMSA) in a statement yesterday said it was alerted to a man overboard from the Liberian registered oil tanker MT Sigma Integrity about 107 nautical miles north-west of Carnarvon, in the Australian Search and Rescue Region.
An ABC media report confirmed the identity of the man as Indian national Mukesh Lala Fulbaria.
AMSA said it issued a broadcast to ships to which two merchant vessels, MV Venus and MV Vil Atlantic responded and proceeded to the search area to conduct a surface search.
AMSA also tasked the Perth-based AMSA Dornier search aircraft to proceed to the search area and conduct a visual search.
Further search was conducted by two Exmouth-based Bristow helicopters tasked by AMSA.
MV Sigma Integrity continued to search overnight and during the day on Monday, July 28.
The Dornier plane also conducted two more flights over the search area on Monday without making any sightings of the man overboard, it said.
AMSA has consulted with medical experts specialising in survivability.
The expert medical advice has indicated that even under the best circumstances, there is now no realistic prospect of survival.