Libreville, March 19, 2023 (AGP) – The coordination of relief operations of the defense and security forces, announced on Sunday, the discovery of two new bodies, in the wreck of the ship Esther Miracle, indicates a press release sent to the AGP.
« This Sunday, March 19, 2023, the naval system of the Defense and Security Forces continued the search at sea from 6:30 a.m. To date, the wreckage of the ship has been excavated to 60%. However, some compartments are still inaccessible, due to the obstruction of the access routes by piled up furniture. Two remains were able to be extracted today and transferred to funeral homes », Specifies the press release read by Lieutenant-Colonel of Gendarmerie Joseph Djoumigui.
The balance sheet to date is 124 people rescued and 24 deaths adds the text.
Also, on the environmental aspect, the General Directorate of Studies and Laboratories of the Ministry of Hydrocarbons, analyzes the samples taken on Saturday March 18, 2023 in the area of the sinking where fuel leaks had been suspected.
This same Sunday a delegation made up of experts from the security and defense forces and the transport administration, led by the coordinator of search operations, Captain Bekale Meyong, Chief of Staff of the National Navy, is went on a mission to inspect bodies found floating in the waters at the borders of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
The search and identification of bodies continues.
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