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The severe damage to the minesweeper KALLISTO and the cargo ship MAERSK LAUNCESTON is attested by photos from SKAI spectators shortly after the accident.
The stern appears to have been cut with a knife and the ship is tilted to the right. Members of the 27-member crew can be seen observing the severe damage, gathered on the left side of the ship.
Two people on the warship, who were taken to the Athens Naval Hospital, were slightly injured in the collision. The minesweeper is being towed to the port of Salamina for evaluation.
The MAERSK LAUNCESTON, the Portuguese flag bound for Canakkale, Turkey, collided with KALLISTO at 7.30 am, the General Staff announced.
The announcement of the port:
The Joint Search and Rescue Coordination Center of the Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard was informed, at 07:40 today, of a collision between a PN N / TH “KALLISTO” ship, carrying twenty-seven (27) crew members, and the container ship (container) “MAERSK LAUNCESTON” Portuguese flag, southeast of the pier of Piraeus.
»The incident caused water to enter the N / TH vessel, while a rescue operation was immediately organized for the N / TH crew members of three (03) LS-EL.AKT patrol boats., Two (02 ) anti-pollution boats L .S.-EL.AKT., MYA LS.-EL.AKT. team, PN boat, PN helicopter and four R / K. The crew members were picked up by an LS-ELAKT patrol boat and a PN boat, while two (02) injured members of the N / TH crew were transported to the port of Piraeus in a PN boat, where they were picked up by a PN ambulance and transported to the Athens Naval Hospital. .
“The Central Port Authority of Piraeus, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, prohibited the departure of the commercial container transport ship (container), while the process of towing the ship N / TH at the Salamina Naval Station is ongoing “.
LAUNCH MAERSK
Source: skai.gr
