Following the sinking of a Guinea-Bissau-flagged industrial ship with 14 crew members on board off the coast of the Kumluca district in Türkiye’s Mediterranean province of Antalya early Wednesday, three individuals have misplaced their lives, with one other three injured, whereas the seek for the lacking crew members is underway, in keeping with the newest media experiences.
Antalya Governor Ersin Yazıcı introduced after receiving notification that the foreign-flagged industrial ship, named “Joe 2,” had sunk off the coast of Kumluca, search and rescue groups from the Coast Guard Command have been dispatched to the area the place the accident came about.
Yazıcı famous that two personnel on the ship have been rescued from the ocean floor by a Coast Guard helicopter and dropped at the Finike State Hospital, whereas three others have been saved by different vessels within the space.
Upon receiving data that the Guinea-Bissau-flagged industrial ship, which had been referred from the port of Iskenderun to the Ukrainian port of Izmail, had sunk within the open sea some 35 kilometers (22 miles) away from Kumluca at 3:47 a.m. native time (12:47 a.m. GMT), a common emergency name was made to all ships within the area.
Afterward, one Coast Guard corvette, seven coast guard boats, two helicopters, and a coast guard airplane have been dispatched to the place of the accident.
According to the assertion issued by the Coast Guard Command it was decided the entire crew have been Syrian nationals.
“An investigation has been initiated by the Kumluca Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the incident,” it added.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
