Trawler with foreigners in the cabin sank in the sea of Okhotsk, 54 dead

Large Autonomous trawler "far East" sank in the sea area of 300 km from Magadan in the night on Thursday. Of the 132 people who were on Board, 54 foreigners: citizens of Burma, Vanuatu, Ukraine and Latvia. More than 50 people lost their lives.

Information about the fact that in the Okhotsk sea sank the Russian trawler "far East" (Port - Nevelsk (Sakhalin), entered 23. 39 (GMT.) environment. In the cabin of the ship there were 132 people.

As stated in the Last news of the government of Kamchatskiy Krai, just in the cabin trawler was 42 citizen of Burma, 3 of the citizen of Latvia, four - Ukraine and five - Vanuatu.


According to a source, the trawler distress call before the crash, not filed.

As reported by a source in law enforcement bodies, foul weather could hardly lead To the collapse: the sea is 1, 5 points, and the visibility is up to 20 kilometers.

"The cause of the accident could be difficult ice conditions," said Fins news authorized the Kamchatka emergencies Ministry.

upon disaster trawler in the sea of Okhotsk was prosecuted under the criminal code under the item " non-observance of traffic safety and operation of Maritime transport, which entailed by negligence the death of 2 or More persons." The company owner ( "Magellan" ) wreck began an internal review.


After the disaster on the water was found four of the raft with the people lifted aboard a passing ship. Raised body 54 of the dead crew members and another 63 survivors. According to a source in the emergency agencies in the region, the chances of survival of crew members who have the opportunity to stay in cold water, in practice there is not.

The water temperature in the area of the disaster is around zero degrees.

"Wetsuits allow them to survive in cold water for a maximum of 15-20 minutes," said the head of the Department.

According to the source, about fifteen people could not manage to leave the ship at the time of the disaster and to go under water together with the trawler.


The rescue activities attracted almost 800 people and 17 pieces of different mechanisms. According to the envoy of the administration of seaports of Vladivostok, coordination of search works executed by the fishing vessel " Granite ", is placed near the ship " Novouralsk and Ivan Kalinin ". Also involved in searches of the court, located next to the fishery. In the territory of accident flew rotorcraft Mi-8.

Two vessels reached the crash site of the trawler "far East" towards the courts a ship-owning company to give to the survivors of seamen and the bodies of the dead, informs the government of Sakhalin.

"The families of the dead sailors and the victims will be compensated," said Commissioner of the shipowner.

Far Eastern regional organization of the Russian trade Union of seamen connects To the issue of compensation to the Families of the dead sailors from the sunken in the sea of Okhotsk trawler " far East ".


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