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Fishing boat 490 went to the position of boat 97469 TS in accident – Photo: VO BANG
According to the Regional Center for Coordination of Marine Search and Rescue 4 At 1:05 a.m., the Maritime Search and Rescue Regional Coordination Center 4 received information that two Real Estate ships 96388-TS and BD 97469-TS were damaged and sunk.
Fishing vessel KN473 arrived at the injured site of vessel 96388-TS and approached 3 crew members from vessel 98658 TS to search for 12 missing crew members from vessel 96388-TS.
According to the plan, ship KN 473 will welcome 3 experienced crew members, continue the search for the remaining 2 ships, then ship KN 467 will welcome all fishermen and tow the distressed ship to the mainland.
Ship KN490 also arrived at the injured site of ship 97469 TS to search for 14 missing crew members from ship 97469-TS
At 12:40 am on October 29, the center also received the following information about ship 98658 TS from Naval Command Region 4 and the captain of ship Ranger 98658, Dr. Nguyen Van Toan (born 1983, resident in the commune from Bong Son, Hoai Nhon District, Binh Dinh).
Currently, ship 98658 TS has been boarded and supported by ship KN 467, normal health of 14 crew, in the area where the ship was hit by 5-6 winds.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh, Director of the Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center, Area 4, said he would continue to contact ship 98658-TS to monitor it. At the same time coordinating related units to help find crew members, the remaining 2 ships are the Ranger 96388-TS and the BD 97469-TS.
The units currently concerned are trying to find 26 crew members from the two fishing boats, but due to the dark night and bad weather, rescue work is very difficult.
Previously, on October 28, the Naval Military Service established a Front Command to search, rescue and rescue 3 Binh Dinh fishing vessels in distress at sea, led by Rear Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem – Commander of the Navy. – direct command.
Based on the current situation, the Defense Ministry has also instructed the Navy to send a larger ship, with displacement of up to 2,000 tons, to approach the border with the two ships ahead. At the same time, floatplane 1 DHC6 belonging to Brigade 954 – number 772 was registered.
At 2:35 p.m. on October 28, the seaplane arrived at the site of the fishing boat in distress and organized a search. The Navy will use all the latest forces and equipment on its payroll, ready to mobilize more ships and planes to save fishermen endangered by Typhoon No. 9.
According to Mr. Le Van Chung, captain of the KN490 fishing boat, the weather situation in the fishing area is bad. Southwest wind is level 5, level 6, shaking above level 7, waves 4-5 m high, cloudy, limited visibility.
The KN490 fishing boat is calculating the most effective and feasible search plan; At the same time, all difficulties in accessing the area for fishing vessels to carry out the rescue of fishermen in distress are overcome in a short time.
“Our greatest difficulty today is very bad weather, limited visibility, difficult visibility. Currently, the 490 boat still monitors 473 fishermen, the 467 fishing boat and other forces have related to the exchange of information, the coordination of contracts in the process search for fishermen, ensuring the fastest and most efficient search process for fishermen, “said Le Van Chung.
