Helicopters Search for Two Missing Hon Hai Lighthouse Workers | News



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At 10:30 pm the same day, helicopters conducted aerial searches. Staff from the Regional Search and Rescue Center 3, the Southern Maritime Security Corporation and the Vung Tau Helicopter Service Flight Team were present during the search flight. However, after many rounds of search, the functional forces still did not find two missing persons due to very high waves.
Colonel Chu Van Tan, Deputy Commander of the Binh Thuan Border Guard Command, the information so far has not found 2 missing persons. At noon on December 21, the time the plane was looking for 2 victims, the waves at Hon Hai remained at level 7, level 8, level 9, waves 5, 6 m high. Finding the missing staff has been difficult due to bad weather.

As Youth It reported that, at 6 am on December 21, two workers from the South Central Maritime Safety Company (dependent on the South Maritime Safety Corporation – Ministry of Transportation) were swept away by the rise in sea level. at sea, lost during a mission on the island.

Two missing employees were identified as Mr. Doan Cao Trai (49 years old, resident of Phu Long, H. Ham Thuan Bac, Binh Thuan) and Mr. Vo Thanh Nam (50 years old, resident of Cam Ranh city, Khanh Hoa). These are the employees who work at the lighthouse on Hon Hai Island, an uninhabited coral rock island, 32 nautical miles from Phu Quy Island (Phu Quy Island District, Binh Thuan) to the southeast.

The Hon Hai Sea area has a severe climate, with swirling undercurrents, often with strong waves and winds, difficult to access the island by boats.



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