MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. The Russian
trawler sank off the Kamchatka
Peninsula within 15 minutes early on
Thursday and the most probable cause of the shipwreck is the collision with an obstacle, the official spokesman of Russia’s Investigative Committee,
Vladimir Markin, has said.
"The investigators are considering
all
the possible theories of the trawler
wreck. At the moment the
investigators believe that the most
probable cause of the fast submersion
of the vessel is the possible collision
with an obstacle," the spokesman
said.
The collision apparently damaged the
hull in the area of machinery
compartment, Markin said.
A criminal case has been opened into
violation of safety rules and operating
water transport that resulted in the
death of two or more people. The
investigation into the criminal case is
under control of the Investigative
Committee.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the
emergencies commission in the
Kamchatka region, Sergey Khabarov,
said one of the causes of the
shipwreck was capsizing as a result of lifting the trawl of around 80 tons.
"According to preliminary data, there
was keeling over as a result of lifting
the trawl with fish to the deck and
then the vessel turned on its side,"
Khabarov said.
The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler
wrecked in the Sea of Okhotsk 330
kilometers west of Krutogorovsky
settlement (Kamchatka region) and
250 kilometers south of the city of
Magadan at 04:12 local time on
Thursday.
The trawler, owned by Magellan LLC, was built in 1989 and its home port was Nevelsk. A total of 132 people were reportedly
on board. Out of them there were 56
passengers and 76 crew members,
Markin said. There were 78 Russian
nationals, 42 citizens of Myanmar, 5
citizens of Vanuatu, 3 citizens of Latvia and 4 citizens of Ukraine, he said.
According to the latest data coming
from the Far East regional center of
the Emergencies Ministry, 63 people
have been rescued and 54 have died.
A search for 15 others is ongoing.
The search operation involves 26
fishing vessels that have been sent to the shipwreck area.
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trawler sank off the Kamchatka
Peninsula within 15 minutes early on
Thursday and the most probable cause of the shipwreck is the collision with an obstacle, the official spokesman of Russia’s Investigative Committee,
Vladimir Markin, has said.
"The investigators are considering
all
the possible theories of the trawler
wreck. At the moment the
investigators believe that the most
probable cause of the fast submersion
of the vessel is the possible collision
with an obstacle," the spokesman
said.
The collision apparently damaged the
hull in the area of machinery
compartment, Markin said.
A criminal case has been opened into
violation of safety rules and operating
water transport that resulted in the
death of two or more people. The
investigation into the criminal case is
under control of the Investigative
Committee.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the
emergencies commission in the
Kamchatka region, Sergey Khabarov,
said one of the causes of the
shipwreck was capsizing as a result of lifting the trawl of around 80 tons.
"According to preliminary data, there
was keeling over as a result of lifting
the trawl with fish to the deck and
then the vessel turned on its side,"
Khabarov said.
The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler
wrecked in the Sea of Okhotsk 330
kilometers west of Krutogorovsky
settlement (Kamchatka region) and
250 kilometers south of the city of
Magadan at 04:12 local time on
Thursday.
The trawler, owned by Magellan LLC, was built in 1989 and its home port was Nevelsk. A total of 132 people were reportedly
on board. Out of them there were 56
passengers and 76 crew members,
Markin said. There were 78 Russian
nationals, 42 citizens of Myanmar, 5
citizens of Vanuatu, 3 citizens of Latvia and 4 citizens of Ukraine, he said.
According to the latest data coming
from the Far East regional center of
the Emergencies Ministry, 63 people
have been rescued and 54 have died.
A search for 15 others is ongoing.
The search operation involves 26
fishing vessels that have been sent to the shipwreck area.
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