Authorized Myanmar and Latvia Arrived to Sakhalin to provide consular assistance to foreign sailors from the wreck in the sea of Okhotsk trawler " far East ", said Last news Commissioner of the foreign Ministry in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Tuesday's court "Andromeda" and "Fair" delivered in Korsakov fishermen and the survivors of the body of the dead crew members of the trawler. Eight members of the crew, and Among them a foreigner, were placed in the hospital. Similarly, in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk conducted investigations, interviewed the surviving sailors.
"in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Arrived two employees of the Embassy of Myanmar and one Commissioner of the Embassy of Latvia. Our office met them, employees of the foreign Ministry hosted at the hotel. They met with compatriots and began to address the issues of rendering consular assistance to seafarers, such as the issuance of surviving documents ", - said the interviewer.
according to his statement, commissioners of other countries is not planned." Arrived and continue to arrive relatives of Ukrainian seafarers authorized Vanuatu will not, for this reason, the issues of helping the sailors (two survivors) are now addressed us. Delivery of the dead bodies of foreigners will deal with the shipowner, " said the source.
Great offline trawler "far East" in the night of Thursday sank in the sea of Okhotsk. 132 of former fishermen on Board (including 54 foreigners) was pulled From the icy water 119. 56 of them died, the other suffered serious frostbite.
the fate of 13 sailors remains unknown, however, the chances of survival are minimal, even if They had to wear wetsuits. Interviewed Last news Experts told that staying in the freezing water in a wetsuit, not to mention ordinary clothes, longer than fifteen minutes steadily leads to death. Among the possible causes of the tragedy called the human factor, but in General considered more 10 likely scenarios. Prosecuted under the criminal code, investigation is underway.
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