Six crewmen were killed and nine were still missing after a Russian fishing vessel sank off the coast of the Russian Far East, the emergency situations ministry said on Monday.
Rescuers found a second lift craft with five people surviving from the sunken vessel on the morning of Monday, the ministry said, adding the bodies of six crewmen were also found.
The Chance-101 fishing boat had 30 crew members on board - 19 Russians and 11 Indonesians - when it sank in Japan’s waters 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of the Svetlaya village, in Russia's Primorye Territory, on Sunday.
“As of now, 21 crew members were found [15 alive and six dead], while nine crew members are still missing,” a statement from the prosecutor’s office said.
Two life rafts were discovered near the sunken ship on Sunday. The first raft carried six Russians and four Indonesians. Five more people were later rescued from the second raft.
The search operation for the missing people continues and involves several rescue ships as well as an amphibious Beriev Be-200 aircraft and a Mil Mi-8 helicopter.
Nine ships and five airborne vehicles have been deployed to search for the missing crew members.
Monday 28 January 2013
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_28/8-die-when-Russian-fishing-boat-sinks-in-Sea-of-Japan/
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130128/179069883/Six-Found-Dead-15-Rescued-From-Russian-Sunken-Ship--------.html
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