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The Hon Hai Rocky Mountain and the Hon Hai Lighthouse on the top – Photo: DONG HA
On the morning of January 9, Mr. Bui Duc Thang, Director of the South Central Coast Maritime Safety Company, Hon Hai Lighthouse Management Unit (Phu Quy Island, Binh Thuan), said that to As of November 2020, The company has prepared food, food and people to change the light shifts in Hon Hai. However, due to continuous extreme weather, the company’s supply ship was unable to go to Hon Hai.
Currently, in the Hon Hai lighthouse there are around 200 kg of rice, canned food with homegrown vegetables and fresh water stored in the tank. So even though workers stagnate, essential meals and activities are still guaranteed.
Thang added that for the past two months, the waves at Hon Hai are always between 5 and 6 m high, while the company’s boats can only withstand waves of less than 2 m.
“The corporation also wants to send larger ships to transport workers to change shifts and supplies, but the problem is in the docking stage. Because the waves in Hon Hai have no waves, only waves and jumps, that’s why it is very important. difficult to access.
Currently the company’s supply vessel is waiting in Ca Na, Ninh Thuan, with just under 2m of wave, we will start to change shifts and refuel, “said Mr. Thang.
Boat carrying shift change workers and food supplies anchored in Hon Hai in March 2019 – Photo: DONG HA
Before that, early in the morning of December 21, 2020, when they were going to inspect their houses for storms, two workers from the Hon Hai lighthouse were hit by three large sudden waves at the same time, covering the house and “dragging them away” Sea.
Even that morning, the South Vietnam Maritime Security Corporation hired a helicopter to search for the missing, but to no avail. So far these two workers are still missing and at the Hon Hai lighthouse there are still two people on duty waiting to change shifts as mentioned above.
Hon Hai is about 160 nautical miles from the port of Nha Trang, more than 30 nautical miles from the island of Phu Quy (Binh Thuan). The Hon Hai lighthouse is located on the top and officially in operation since 2005, the light tower is 10.4m high, a brilliant sight from 20 to 27 nautical miles at sea.
To get to the sign, you have to go through a 170 m long inverted tunnel, with 370 steps, and then pass 240 steps in the open air.
This tunnel has two horizontal nooks that serve as a refuge for the lamp workers when the hurricane season arrives, the wave hits the workhouse at the foot of the rock, a few meters above sea level.
The ship arrived in Hon Hai to change shifts and supply food in Hon Hai in March 2019 – Photo: DONG HA
Transfer food and food products to Hon Hai in March 2019 – Photo: DONG HA
The refuge tunnel between the Hon Hai rocky mountain. This tunnel is a niche of the tunnel that goes up the mountain to reach the lighthouse – Photo: DONG HA
Helicopter flew into the sea looking for 2 workers at the Hon Hai lighthouse
