More than 50 people were on board illegally
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In Primorye and Sakhalin Oblast today lowered national flags in connection with mourning for the sailors who died in the crash of the trawler “Far East” in the Sea of Okhotsk. The surviving crew members are increasingly talking about the fact that the cause of the tragedy became a transshipment vessel. It is noteworthy that the distress signal is not supplied, the sailors realized what had happened was wrong, but when the ship was to give the bank. It is unclear where this time was the captain, and why he did not fill it with water ballast tanks are needed to balance the trawler.
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Rescued sailor from the sunken trawler “Far East” reported that the crash occurred due to overloading of the vessel. “Most likely, there was a lot of cargo, and have extra weight on board. Fish were many” – told reporters Anatoly Vasil’chenko fish processors. The conversation took place in the port of Korsakov, which today brought the survivors in the wreckage of the trawler and the dead.
According to him, in case of flooding distress signal was not supplied. “When the list of the vessel was to give the people have already started to save himself. Suits were not where they should send them long to find” – said the sailor.
Another crew member told reporters that rescue equipment on a trawler was enough. “Just enough, only the people was in shock and did not know where to take it,” – said the sailor.
According to Acting head of the Sakhalin Oleg Kozhemyako, flooding trawler “Far East” in the Sea of Okhotsk has led a series of errors and violations. “It’s a whole series of mistakes that led to the disaster. Somewhere was overweight, somewhere crew did not provide life-saving appliances, somewhere and crew error. It is difficult to say who – mechanics or captain – decided not to fill the ballast tanks with water. Somewhere desire to take more fish. It’s – a chain of errors that led to the accident, “- said Kozhemyako.
Earlier, one of the surviving sailors 33-year-old mechanic Dmitri told reporters that the trawler died within minutes and its crew until the last moment could not understand that proiskhodit.Po him when the ship out to sea, there were no signs of trouble. The equipment was working properly, but the weather conditions were not the toughest, so when the board banked, the sailors did not immediately realize what had happened.
When did the roll, the sailors were not prepared for the tragic denouement, told Dmitrievich. Many thought that everything would be fine and we’ll get back to its original position on the water. A total of 30-40 minutes careened trawler and sank within minutes. However, many were on board.
A crew member told how some sailors trapped in an extreme situation, psychologically able to get together and prepare for evacuation. Their example was followed by other members of the team, which began to get life jackets, wetsuits and prepare the boat. Captain of all time, according to a survivor mechanic, was silent. “There are no instructions from the captain was not” – he said.
Large standalone freezer trawler “Far East”, assigned to the Sakhalin port of Nevelsk (owner – LLC “Magellan”), sank on the night of April 2 Okhotsk Sea, 300 km south of Magadan. On board were 132 people. The international team consisted of trawlers Russians, Ukrainians, Burmese vanuattsev and Latvians. 63 rescued sailor, 56 died.
The fate of the 13 sailors still unknown, but the chances of survival are minimal, even if they had to wear wetsuits. Interviewed experts told RIA Novosti that the stay in the icy water in a diving suit, not to mention the casual clothes for more than 15 minutes will inevitably lead to death.
Among the possible causes of the tragedy called human factor, but is generally considered more than 10 likely scenarios. A criminal case, there is a consequence. Monday was detained deputy director of the company that owns the trawler “Far East” LLC “Magellan” Alexander Kudritskaya. The search continues for the general director of “Magellan” Yegor Gaschenko (which is already charged with violating the rules of safe operation of the vessel, which killed 56 people), which according to the TFR is hiding in South Korea.
As the “MK” the ex-head Federal Agency for Fishery Andrei deadline, company executives will be held accountable for the fact that with the permission or at the direct command of the shipowner captain took on board more than 50 people who were issued as passengers. Although he had the right to do.
“As for the crash, then, in my opinion, it was due to a mistake of the captain and the trawl-master. Drag trawl handled an empty vessel, it lurched, cherpnulo water board and took stern like a candle “- said the deadline.
According to the expert, the captain did not take on ballast water needed for balance, because of the banal greed. “These types of trawlers no separate tanks for ballast, as they use conventional fuel tanks. If, for example, took the ballast water in fuel tanks, then they should hand over the port. The port has for this special auxiliary fleet vessels that are appropriate and take the water. For this service you have to pay the money because it or oily water. Then it is necessary also to scrub the tanks. This additional cost extra trouble. In my view, in that situation it was necessary just to cut the trawl, leave it in the sea with of fish. Then the boat would straighten it. This trawler is not upgraded, it can process and freeze 60 tons of fish a day, and they dragged more than 80. efforts winch is felt. It was necessary to understand that the “piece more than the mouth. ‘”
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