The death toll in the crash of a trawler in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk has reached 54 people – BFM.Ru

Cause tragedy – the collision of the vessel with drift ice

The number of those killed in the crash of a trawler in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk has reached 54 people. About this Tass reported to emergency services in the region. “According to recent reports, raised the body 54 of the victims. 63 crew members rescued, “- said the source.

It remains unknown fate of 15 people, according to one version, people can be in the holds of the sunken ship.

Total on board were 130 people: 78 people – citizens of Russia, 54 – foreigners: citizens of Myanmar, Ukraine, Lithuania, Vanuatu.

Large standalone freezer trawler (BATM) “Far East” was wrecked in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk in the 330 km to the west of the village Krutogorovsky Kamchatka Territory and 250 km south of Magadan. Ships assigned to the port of Nevelsk (Sakhalin oblast), owner of “Magellan”. Visibility is 24 km away, the wind 9 meters per second, the wave height of 1.5 meters, the water temperature – about zero degrees.

The hole resulting from a collision with drift ice – probable cause flooding. About this correspondent. Tass said a source in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kamchatka Territory.

«Ship SOS distress signal has been given. Estimated cause of the accident – collision with drift ice, the result of which was obtained hole, “- said the spokesman.

He added that the decision to send a helicopter most affected in a shipwreck in the hospital of the city of Magadan, as it is closer to the scene than Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Upon the collapse of the trawler “Far East” off the coast of Kamchatka criminal case, according to the Far Eastern transport prosecutor’s office.