Bull carrier sinking off India

The loaded bulk carrier had been transporting iron ore to China when it went down off Odisha early on Saturday.

Teams are scouring the water with navy and coast guard ships and have so far found only an oil slick and empty.

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Management Agency says the vessel, from 1998, was decades old with several known deficiencies in inspections.

Authorities have praised a distress beacon that allowed rescue teams to begin operations almost immediately.