A collision involving a commercial fishing vessel in the southwest waters of Hainan Island, China, resulted in the death of all eight missing persons.
China Central Television News reported on Wednesday (April 10), citing the Hainan Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Center, that after nearly eight days of efforts, the eight missing people on the sunken fishing boat “Yuenan Aoyu 36062” have been found and all were confirmed to have died.
On Wednesday, the search and rescue center coordinated a total of 23 ships, one aircraft, and 243 personnel to continue sea and air searches in the sea area where the incident occurred. It also coordinated with a naval rescue detachment in the southern theater and the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau to send a number of divers to conduct underwater exploration. Touch homework.
At around 11 a.m., divers found the remaining two missing persons in the cabin; at around 2 p.m., the bodies of the two victims were fished out of the water and transferred ashore by the “Nanhai Rescue 203” ship back to Sanya. At this point, all the bodies of the eight victims on the “Yuenan Aoyu 36062” have been found and fished out of the water, and the search and rescue operation has ended.
According to statistics, since the collision occurred, the Hainan Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Center and the Sanya Maritime Search and Rescue Sub-center have coordinated and dispatched a total of 164 search and rescue vessels, 19 aircraft sorties, and more than 1,500 personnel to carry out search and rescue operations. The cumulative search area exceeds 10,000 square nautical miles. (approximately 34,300 square kilometers); a total of seven navigation warnings (notices) were issued and eight underwater exploration operations were carried out.
The Panamanian container ship SITC DANANG (“Haifeng Da Nang”) is currently undergoing accident investigation at the Sanya Port anchorage. The accident investigation team stated that it will investigate the truth of the accident and determine the responsibility as soon as possible in accordance with the law.
According to an earlier report by CCTV News, the search and rescue operation for the commercial fishing vessel collision that occurred in the southwest waters of Hainan Island last Wednesday (3rd) is continuing. On Tuesday (9th), a total of 19 ships and a professional rescue helicopter were coordinated in the sea area where the incident occurred. Carry out sea and air searches, and coordinate professional forces to continue underwater exploration and search work.
As of 9 pm on Tuesday, search and rescue personnel had found and recovered the bodies of six victims in the cabin of the sunken fishing boat. Two people are still missing.
The “Haifeng Da Nang” collided with the Guangdong-registered fishing vessel “Yuenan Aoyu 36062” at around 00:15 last Wednesday 22 nautical miles (about 40 kilometers) southwest of Yinggehai Town, Ledong, Hainan. The collision caused the fishing vessel to It sank and eight people on the fishing boat fell into the water and lost contact.
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2024-04-10 08:56:00
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