Still no sign of life from doomed ship off Hong Kong: official (Updated)
15 hours ago
HONG KONG (AFP) — The head of Hong Kong's marine department said on Monday there was still no sign of life from the Ukrainian ship which sank with 18 missing crew presumed trapped on board.
Nearly 48 hours after the boat went down on Saturday night, divers have been unable to get any response from inside the doomed vessel.
Sources:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j39NzePJuZF5_30QzlfrhFOFFSCA
Eighteen Ukrainians missing in Hong Kong shipwreck
Sun Mar 23, 6:35 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Eighteen Ukrainian sailors are missing after their tug boat sank off the Hong Kong coast following a collision with a cargo ship last night, local media reported on Sunday.
Seven people were rescued, including several that were taken to hospital, Hong Kong radio said.
The 18 crew members were believed to be trapped inside the engine room and the cabins of the boat, which was lying capsized at a depth of 35-metres on the seabed, RTHK radio quoted Wong Chung-shing, a Fire Services divisional commander, as saying.
Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080323/wl_nm/shipwreck_ukrainian_dc
Sunday, March 23, 2008
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terrible!
It is truly terrible. There is little hope for them.
Prayers and hopes for the sailors and their families. Tragic.
Luida
There’s hardly any hope left.
What a horrible way to die.
The Ukrainian captain is stating that the Chinese vessel did not give the UA vessel the right of way.
http://5.ua/newsline/230/0/49311/
Luida
Two bodies out of the 18 missing were found in the wreck of the tugboat.
http://www.iht.com/articles
/reuters/2008/03/26/asia/OUKWD-
UK-HONGKONG-SHIPWRECK.php
Luida
Ukraine owes it to the victims and their families that the cause of the accident is established and that everyone and everything is taken care of.
:((( Reeling from the deaths of the sailors in Hong Kong harbor (and the 3 who died in plane accident near Kyiv), now 12 dead Border patrol in crashed helicopter in Black Sea. Prayers to all.
Luida
The owner of the tugboat will be giving to the families of those who died in Hong Kong harbor $100k.
http://crimea.unian.net/ukr
/detail/3175
It’s UAH 100K ($20K), and it probably indicates that the crew had no insurance coverage, just like those Zasyadka miners.
I wonder what the investigation will tell us and whether litigation will follow if wrongdoing is found.
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