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One of the rescued crew members of the trawler “Far East”, Dmitry minder told reporters that the ship was to heel after took on board too many fish in the absence of ballast counterweight. “We took a lot of fish on board. This contributed heeled. And there were empty [ballast tanks], align it was nothing. Roll more and more. Was stormy weather. And he went irreversible process “- quoted by Interfax Dmitrievich.
On Friday, April 3, Emergency Situations Ministry helicopter evacuates sailor rescued in the Magadan hospital. Interviews with local television showed him.
Trawler “Far East” sank on the night of April 2 in the Sea of Okhotsk. On board were 132 people. According to recent reports, 56 people were killed.
Soon after the trawler sank, the Investigative Committee of Russia has called the most probable cause of the wreck “crash”, because of which there is damage to the body in the area of the engine room. In the emergency department of the Kamchatka Territory on April 2 said that the possible cause of the crash could become overweight. Acting Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako stated that the tanks of the trawler was not pumped ballast, causing the ship capsized. “On board was adopted trawl around 80 tonnes, and triggered the destruction of the stability of the ship – it was zero, negative,” – said Kozhemyako.
According to the Federal Agency for Fishery, the cause of the crash was the “human factor”. Oleg Sokolov, deputy head of department noted that the weather conditions were not catastrophic. According to the head of Ilya Shestakov Rosrybolovstva on the trawler “Far East” had exceeded the maximum number of people. Shestakov said that on board were 112 people at admissible 132.
President of the Far Eastern Association captains Peter Osichansky said that the trawler could cling to the submarine and capsize. April 3 Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov denied the report, calling it fiction.
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