Itar-Tass
19.03.2009, 02.38
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Kisuka fishing schooner flying the Cambodian flag sank near the Kunashir Island of the Kurils chain overnight to Thursday. Two sailors - UIyen Shakiyev and Oleg Zagrizinov - of the ship’s crew of 4 members have been rescued. The schooner’s captain Boris Shafikov and chief mechanic Dmitry Mironenko have not been found in the shipwreck area, the search operation for them is underway, the Sakhalin fishing fleet supervision service reported.
The causes of the incident are unknown so far. According to rescuers, the two sailors picked up from the sea are “sluggish and cannot speak.” They are on the Olkhovatka fishing vessel that is carrying them to Kunashir.
The Sakhalin fishing vessels – the Mariya, the Danilovo, the Grinda and a border patrol vessel are conducting the search for the Kisuka captain and chief mechanic in the incident area. The citizenship of the crewmembers of the Kisuka schooner has not been established yet, but specialists believe that they are all Russians.
Rescuers said referring to border guards that the Kisuka schooner left the Japanese port of Abashiri on March 18 at 06:00, Moscow time and sank 1.3 miles northwest of the Kunashir Island at the point with the coordinates 44 degrees 06 minutes North Latitude and 146 degrees 00 minutes East Longitude.
19.03.2009, 02.38
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Kisuka fishing schooner flying the Cambodian flag sank near the Kunashir Island of the Kurils chain overnight to Thursday. Two sailors - UIyen Shakiyev and Oleg Zagrizinov - of the ship’s crew of 4 members have been rescued. The schooner’s captain Boris Shafikov and chief mechanic Dmitry Mironenko have not been found in the shipwreck area, the search operation for them is underway, the Sakhalin fishing fleet supervision service reported.
The causes of the incident are unknown so far. According to rescuers, the two sailors picked up from the sea are “sluggish and cannot speak.” They are on the Olkhovatka fishing vessel that is carrying them to Kunashir.
The Sakhalin fishing vessels – the Mariya, the Danilovo, the Grinda and a border patrol vessel are conducting the search for the Kisuka captain and chief mechanic in the incident area. The citizenship of the crewmembers of the Kisuka schooner has not been established yet, but specialists believe that they are all Russians.
Rescuers said referring to border guards that the Kisuka schooner left the Japanese port of Abashiri on March 18 at 06:00, Moscow time and sank 1.3 miles northwest of the Kunashir Island at the point with the coordinates 44 degrees 06 minutes North Latitude and 146 degrees 00 minutes East Longitude.
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