Σύγκρουση MT Formosaproduct Brick με το ΜV Ostende Max στο Malacca Strait

[Natsios]

Φωτογραφια του φλεγομενου tanker εδω και της πλώρης του bulker εδω.
Η φωτια δυστυχως ειναι πολυ κοντα στο κομοδεσιο. Ας ελπισουμε να υπαρξει ενα αισιο αποτελεσμα στις ερευνες για τον εντοπισμο των αγνωουμενων.

[marios.sp]

16 rescued from burning ship

PORT DICKSON: Nine Chinese crew members of Liberian-registered tanker MT Formosa Product Brick, which caught fire after a collision with a bulk carrier in the Malacca Straits on Tuesday night, are still missing.
Search and rescue teams in helicopters, speedboats and fixed-wing aircraft failed to locate the crew despite spending hours scouring the accident site some 20 nautical miles off Kuala Lukut near here.
Fifteen of the 25-member crew were plucked from their dinghy by a German container ship Nordspring which was in the area at the time of the accident, and handed over to Malaysian authorities.
Five of the saved crew members, including the captain Jiang Han Cheng, were brought to the Marine Department jetty in a Maritime Malaysia Enforcement Agency (MMEA) boat at about 2.30am yesterday.
Ten others arrived in
a separate boat 15 minutes later followed by a sixteenth survivor who was found floating at sea by Fire and Rescue Department officers.


A rescue boat helping put out the fire on the Liberian-registered tanker MT Formosa Product Brick. The vessel, which was still burning at 8pm yesterday, caught fire after colliding with a bulk carrier in the Malacca Straits on Tuesday night. Nine of its crew members are still missing.


Thirteen of them received outpatient treatment at the district hospital while the captain and two others were warded with minor injuries.
Chinese embassy officials later made arrangements for the 13 to stay at a hotel here.
The vessel was sailing south towards Singapore from the United Arab Emirates when the bulk carrier MV Ostende Max ploughed into the left section of its rear at about 8.50pm.
It is understood that the MT Formosa is owned by a Taiwanese while the other vessel was Greek-owned and registered in the Isle of Man.
The MV Ostende, which was laden with coal, was also heading for Singapore when the mishap happened.

Swift action: The rescued crew from MT Formosa Product Brick being given emergency treatment at the passenger jetty of the CIQ in Port Dickson before being sent to the hospital. – Bernama

OCPD Supt Mazlan Othman said that as of 8pm yesterday, the MT Formosa was still ablaze.
“We have managed to control the blaze but it has not been totally put out yet,ΆΆ he said, adding that 23 of the 25 member crew were Chinese nationals with the remaining two being Taiwanese.
Supt Mazlan said he was told there were crewmen in the engine room when the incident happened. We do not know if they were trapped or overcome by smoke as the fire spread very quickly,” he said.
He said three of the 25-member crew of the MV Ostende have also been admitted to the hospital. One suffered a broken rib while two others had minor burns.
“Since the weather is not so good, the aerial search has been stopped. However, we are coordinating efforts and sending out search parties on boats,” he said.
State police chief SAC I Datuk Osman Salleh said Malaysian authorities would question the captain and crew of the MV Ostende Max to determine what caused the mishap.
“We were told that the sea conditions were rough and the skies were hazy. This may have been a contributing factor,” he said.
MMEA director First Admiral Tan Kok Kwee said the RMAF had despatched two Bombardier aircraft to help in the rescue operations.


Jiang: Injured during the incident.


Πηγη:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...195&sec=nation