Rescuers scoured the area in more than 10 thousand square kilometers in search of sailors trawler " far East ", which sank in the sea of Okhotsk, said Deputy head of the far Eastern regional center of EMERCOM of Russia Aram Harutyunyan.

Large Autonomous trawler "far East" sank in the sea area of 300 km from Magadan in the night on Thursday. In the cabin of a ship according to final data, were 81 citizen of Russia and 51 alien. Of the 132 people who were on Board the trawler, 119 lifted out Of the water (56 dead). Remains unknown fate 13 fishermen. On inaccurate data, missing or dead are considered to be four Ukrainians, 18 Residents of Myanmar, 1 Latvian, 1 Moldavian and 4 citizen of Vanuatu. The rest were killed or missing - the citizens of Russia.

"In total, we surveyed more than 10 thousand square kilometers, the works continue. Is the increasing group, 12. 00 (05. 00 GMT) in the territory's obligation to make the be-200 aircraft. If necessary he will be able to sit on the water and pick up the received damage, " said Harutyunyan.

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