Russia’s fishing trawler sinks in Barents Sea, 17 feared dead
Ice accumulation on the vessel is seen as the cause behind its sinking.
The Onega trawler sinks in the Barents Sea / Photo from Wikipedia
Russia’s Onega fishing trawler sank in the northern Barents Sea off the coast of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arkhangelsk region, the Russian Federation.
This was reported by the Izvestia online newspaper with reference to the information provided by the Russian Emergencies Ministry in Murmansk region on December 28.
According to preliminary data, ice accumulation on the vessel had led to its sinking.
At the moment of the incident, 19 people were on board, yet only two have been rescued.
The Voykovo vessel is searching for other survivors. Three more rescue vessels have been sent to the area of the incident.
Details of the incident are being established.
According to Russia’s news agency Interfax, the rescued fishermen claim that at least one of their co-workers had died. “One crew member, according to the rescued, died, the body was washed into the sea. They lost sight of the rest during the sinking of the ship,” an informed source told the news outlet.
According to the source, the crew did not manage to use rescue equipment. The incident happened quickly. “The disaster happened during a strong storm, when the crew members were lifting the net with the catch. Everyone was in wetsuits, but no one had time to use the equipment. The people were literally washed over the deck into the sea,” the source said.
(C)UNIAN 2020
The search is going on.
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The Ruskie fishing trawlers are just like the Ruskie navy ships … rust buckets.
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Looking at the image in the article, Russia have some strange looking trawlers. 😁
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Unian put the wrong picture. Here is the real one.
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Except it’s not floating now, it’s at the bottom of the sea. 😊
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Catching fish…………………
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Wrong, it is fish catching boat this time 😂
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The fishing boat “Onega” is originally Norwegian. It was built in 1979 by Vaagland Båtbyggeri and was called “Remifisk” until 2003. The trawler has a loading capacity of 208 tonnes.
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You must read this article about the terrible conditions onboard these ships. It was a lot of articles in Norwegian newspapers 2-3 years ago about the same, and one of the accidents was about an Ukrainian sailor that fell of the ship and was never found.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/ru/2015/10/terrible-conditions-onboard
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The conditions are normal for Russians. 😁
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Did you see this one? Would Brexit have happened today?
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/11/17/majorities-in-the-european-union-have-favorable-views-of-the-bloc/pg_2020-11-17_eu_0-08/
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