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EPIRB of Anda found, chief engineer still missing
The "Purga" of the Federal Fishery Agency discovered an EPIRB of the "Anda" after she entered the search area in the night. The crew recovered the emergency beacon and a radar search and rescue transponder while the missing crew member went on. Search operations may be stopped by July 31 evening due to the faidin survival chance. The missing man was the Syrian chief engineer. A criminal case on the essential elements of offence stipulated in Article 263 Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code (‘Violation of safety rules and exploitation of maritime and inland water transport that caused heavy damage or human death by negligence’) has been launched. Regarding the circumstances of the loss, Mike Voitenko issued an interesting report on the "Deadly Crimen Shipping: http://maritimebulletin.net/2017/07/31/this-deadly-crimean-shipping/
Cargo ship sank in Black Sea while violating Crimean sanctions, one missing
The "Anda" capsized and sank off Sevastopol in the Black Sea in the morning of July 29, 2017, 40 km south of the town of Alupka, on a water depth of about 1.000 meters. The vessel with a cargo of 2.400 tons wheat was en route from Kerch to Tripoli. Of the nine crew members, among them Syrians and Indians, eight were rescued, one went missing. An SAR operation was launched by three Navy boats and an Mi-8-helicopter of the airforce at 6.40 a.m. The Greek bulkcarrier "Minoan Grace" (IMO: 9605839) recovered the castaways, three of them were picked up from a life boat, then another five from a life raft. The rescue was hampered by wave heights of three meters. The rescued crew members were dropped off at Yalta. The "Anda" had been caught in a storm after leaving Kerch port. By calling a Crimean port, the vessel had violated sanctions imposed on Crimean shipping. Only in July the "Anda" had docked at Kerch three times, prior to her last call.
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