New Delhi, June 11 -- The Indian Navy completed a complex operation involving the recovery and safe disposal of an unexploded missile warhead from the crude oil tanker MT Olympic Life.

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, which did not have any Indian nationals on board, was on passage from Fujairah, UAE, to Kochi when it reported an explosion in its hull while off the coast of Oman on May 26, according to a release.

The vessel reported the presence of an unexploded ordnance as it continued its transit towards Kochi.

On receipt of information through the Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), the Indian Navy initiated a coordinated response. Kochi-based Southern Naval Command deployed a specialist Explosive Ordnance...