Foreign cargo crew reported missing off Batanes

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard are searching for 17 foreign missing seafarers who have abandoned a distressed Korean vessel off northern Philippine province of Batanes, the Coast Guard said today.

The Coast Guard said the missing crew included 11 Myanmar nationals and 6 Koreans, who abandoned their vessel at about 165 nautical miles east of Batan Island in Batanes in Northern Luzon.

Immediately upon receiving the distress alert from the MRCC Korean Coast Guard on Saturday, the Coast Guard units in Northern Luzon and Batanes made joint efforts for rescue operation.

The search and rescue are continuing at sea areas where the vessel was abandoned.

Sunday 24 December 2012

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