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At least 43 dead in Russian trawler wreck off Kamchatka, says rescue centre - UPDATED

Metbuat.az 02 aprel 2015, 07:33

[ 02 April 2015 06:49 ]

Baku-APA. Sixty-three survivors and 43 dead bodies have been recovered from the sea at the site where the Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler sank off the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s Far East, an officer on duty at the local maritime rescue coordination center told TASS, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS.

"All in all 106 people have been taken aboard the ships participating in the rescue operation," the officer said, adding that 43 of them were dead.

There were 132 people on board the Russian freezer trawler. Twenty-six people are still missing. Twenty-six fishing vessels are already involved in the operation.

TASS reported earlier that there were 78 Russian nationals on board, as well as 54 foreign nationals from Myanmar, Ukraine, Lithuania and Vanuatu.

The trawler wrecked in the Sea of Okhotsk 330 kilometers west of Krutogorovsky settlement (Kamchatka region) and 250 kilometers south of the city of Magadan. The home port of the trawler owned by Magellan LLC was Nevelsk (Sakhalin region).

Visibility in the area is 24 kilometers, the wind speed is nine meters per second, and water temperature is about 0 degrees Celsius. The reason behind the wreck is not yet clear.

At least 43 dead in Russian trawler wreck off Kamchatka, says rescue centre - UPDATED

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