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New footage shot by an Australian crew member is believed to show the missing Kiwi Scott Harris aboard Gulf Livestock 1 the day before it capsized and sank.
The footage shows Harris and the Australian crew member watching the water flood the deck, with the Australian saying in a sarcastic tone: “really safe, really, really safe.”
The footage is then cut to images of the sea and foggy weather conditions, with the Australian saying, “pretty wild weather”.
A new Harris’s mother, Karen Adrian, reported, confirming her son’s identity on video and some text messages before the ship sank.
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Her son sent her a message saying, “They haven’t allowed us to leave for 12 hours.”
“At least two decks completely razed,” says his message, according to the report.
The search for survivors of the missing ship Gulf Livestock 1 resumes today. The Japanese Coast Guard says it is using one plane and two ships for the operation.
Japan Coast Guard
A 30-year-old Filipino national was the second crew member of the capsized cattle boat ‘Gulf Livestock 1’. He was seen to the left of the life raft calling for help.
The ship, which sank in the East China Sea last Tuesday after being trapped by the powerful Typhoon Maysak, was carrying 43 crew members, including Southland man Lochie Bellerby and father of two Scott Harris.
Previously, a second typhoon, Typhoon Haishen, struck the southwestern region of Japan before making landfall in South Korea, temporarily suspending rescue efforts.
So far, four crew members have been found, two alive, the ship’s first officer, Eduardo Sareno, and Jay-Nel Rosales, another was found dead and another later died in hospital.
Dozens of cow carcasses, fuel remains in the water, an empty raft, a life jacket with the name of the ship and a bundle of ropes floating in the area have also been found.
JAPAN COAST GUARD
An empty and damaged lifeboat from Gulf Livestock 1 was found by the Japanese Coast Guard 4 km east of Kodakara Island at 1611 (Japan Standard Time) on September 4.
The ship’s captain, Dante Addug, sent a text message to his partner saying that he was praying during the moments before the ship capsized.
The father of four told his partner, Marielle June Chunanon, that the typhoon had intensified and the water had caused an engine failure. “The typhoon is so strong so far. Here I am praying for the typhoon to stop. “
A new analysis from global satellite analysis firm Windward tracked the voyage of the Panama-registered ship, revealing that it sailed directly into the eye of Typhoon Maysak, Forbes reported.
After leaving Napier port on August 14, the planned 17-day voyage was expected to end at Jingtang in Tangshan, China.
After passing through the Japanese island of Okinoerabujima, the ship ran into difficulties and stopped transmitting, before issuing a distress signal at 1.40 am on September 2 Japanese time.
Maysak has been labeled the most powerful typhoon of 2020 so far.
