On receiving distress call from MT Chios, a Greece-flagged crude oil tanker,[5] was being chased by heavily armed pirates about 82 nautical miles west of Suheli Par in the Lakshadweep archipelago. The tanker, on its way from Singapore to Yemen, adopted best management practices and evasive manoeuvres to dodge the skiffs on the prowl. Meanwhile, an armed Dornier maritime reconnaissance aircraft launched from naval air station INS Garuda in the Southern Naval Command spotted the skiffs around 8pm on Saturday and relayed the location co-ordinates to INS Tir (A86), which was operating in close proximity.