India Rescues 2 After Panama-Flagged Ship With 24 Crew Sinks 240 Miles Off Coast

3 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Aug 22

Two crew members were pulled from life rafts after India lost contact with the Panama-flagged Ocean Winner, which sank Saturday off the country's eastern coast.
Twenty-four seafarers were aboard — 20 Chinese, three from Myanmar and one Bangladeshi — and the search continued for the remaining 22.
Two Indian coastguard vessels were dispatched from Sri Vijaya Puram, while the ship was reported to have gone down about 240 nautical miles from Paradip port.
The Ocean Winner had left Paradip on Thursday carrying iron ore to Singapore, and officials said the cause of the sinking was still unknown.

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Why did a massive 28-year-old cargo ship suddenly vanish from tracking systems before sinking with 22 crew members still missing?

What dark secrets lie behind the Ocean Winner's sudden communication blackout just before it plummeted into the Bay of Bengal?

Could the hazardous nature of iron ore fines have caused a sudden catastrophic liquefaction that doomed the Ocean Winner?