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Thu, 02/10/2011 - 14:18
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Only survivor in shipwreck off South Korea feels okay.
SEOUL, February 10 (Itar-Tass) - The only surviving sailor from the
Alexandra motor ship that sank off the coast of South Korea on Wednesday
feels okay, sources from the Russian Consulate General in South Korean
Pusan told Tass on Thursday.
After coordinating necessary formalities with the local authorities,
Ruslan Drichev, 33, will fly home, said diplomats who visited the sailor.
After giving evidence to police on Thursday he will be accommodated at a
hotel.
Meanwhile, search continues for seven still missing crewmembers. Three
helicopters and four coast guard ships of the Republic of Korea take part
in the search and rescue operation. Bad weather conditions in the search
area impede rescue work that will continue for at least seven days.
The vessel, flying the Cambodian flag, wrecked on Wednesday, after a
collision with another vessel, suppose experts of the Coast Guard of the
Republic of Korea.
Korean rescuers found two rafts at the wreck site. A sailor was on one
of the rafts, while the other one was empty. Four bodies have been found
and identified. There were 12 crewmen on board the Alexandra.
Local authorities plan to shortly tow the forebody of the Alexandra,
which tore off during the collision with another vessel and is drifting,
thus threatening busy navigation in the area.
Official authorities so far refuse to name the second participant in
the collision, saying that certain time will be needed to test the paint
that has remained on the ship's hull after the collision.
On January 9, the Alexandra motor ship with a cargo of timber left
Nakhodka port for Japan. From Japan the vessel headed for China. The ship
sent no distress signal.
Ship owner's agent reports that a South Korean ship was on a test run
in that area at the time of the shipwreck. According to the agent "there
is a possibility that the ship could have collided with the Alexandra,
which wrecked as a result of the collision".
The Alexandra belonged to the Amur Inland Navigation Company, and was
leased to the Rawley Group LTD company from Khabarovsk.
Alexandra motor ship that sank off the coast of South Korea on Wednesday
feels okay, sources from the Russian Consulate General in South Korean
Pusan told Tass on Thursday.
After coordinating necessary formalities with the local authorities,
Ruslan Drichev, 33, will fly home, said diplomats who visited the sailor.
After giving evidence to police on Thursday he will be accommodated at a
hotel.
Meanwhile, search continues for seven still missing crewmembers. Three
helicopters and four coast guard ships of the Republic of Korea take part
in the search and rescue operation. Bad weather conditions in the search
area impede rescue work that will continue for at least seven days.
The vessel, flying the Cambodian flag, wrecked on Wednesday, after a
collision with another vessel, suppose experts of the Coast Guard of the
Republic of Korea.
Korean rescuers found two rafts at the wreck site. A sailor was on one
of the rafts, while the other one was empty. Four bodies have been found
and identified. There were 12 crewmen on board the Alexandra.
Local authorities plan to shortly tow the forebody of the Alexandra,
which tore off during the collision with another vessel and is drifting,
thus threatening busy navigation in the area.
Official authorities so far refuse to name the second participant in
the collision, saying that certain time will be needed to test the paint
that has remained on the ship's hull after the collision.
On January 9, the Alexandra motor ship with a cargo of timber left
Nakhodka port for Japan. From Japan the vessel headed for China. The ship
sent no distress signal.
Ship owner's agent reports that a South Korean ship was on a test run
in that area at the time of the shipwreck. According to the agent "there
is a possibility that the ship could have collided with the Alexandra,
which wrecked as a result of the collision".
The Alexandra belonged to the Amur Inland Navigation Company, and was
leased to the Rawley Group LTD company from Khabarovsk.
