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4 bodies from capsized 'Rio Turbio' found
Rescuers found four bodies on Sunday, including that of the captain of an Argentine cargo ship, one day after it collided with a Paraguayan tug boat and sank, with more feared dead. Divers and coast guard personnel backed by a helicopter worked on the operation but were not optimistic about finding survivors among the three people still missing. “We found the body of the ship's captain. He was found in a hallway of the vessel, which was submerged in six meters of water,” said Sergio Gaetan, the local official who is heading the search and rescue operation. The collision Saturday at 4.00am (07.00 GMT) near the northeastern city of Zarate in Argentina came at the 102-kilometre mark of the Parana River, which connects Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. - Sapa-AFP http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/4-bodies-from-capsized-ship-found-1.1296273
Slim chances to find survivors of collision
The search for the seven crewmmembers of the "Rio Turbio" still missing after the ship capsized on the Parana River near the northeastern city of Zarate continued overnight. Divers had rescued only one crew member from the vessel on May 12 with slight injuries. However, the time factor and the conditions of the collision jeopardised chances that the missing had survived. 16 divers were searching for the missing, but that all of the ship's compartments were flooded. The search also involved nine coast guard ships and a helicopter. Police meanwhile have arrested three of the 12 crew members of the tug "Ava Payagua" which was subject to judicial inspection. Report with photo: http://www.nst.com.my/latest/7-people-missing-in-argentine-cargo-ship-collission-1.83384
Seven missing after collision
The "Rio Turbio" was in collision with the Paraguay-flagged pusher tug "Ava Payagua" in Paraná de las Palmas at river km 102 of the Rio Parana on May 12, 2012, at 4 a.m. at the height of Zárate. The "Rio Turbio", which was carrying sand, capsized and sank, and only the engineer has been found so far and was taken to an nearby hospital with hypothermia. Seven people remained missing. Navy forces were frantically searching for the missing crew. Rescue Service, Fire and Environmental Protection of Buenos Aires and Campana and the Coast Guard were on scene. The tug had a crew of 12 crew. Three of them, among them the master and the helmsman, were taken into custody. The tug was detained for inspections. Argentine report with photo: http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/527484-Choque-entre-un-barco-argentino-y-uno-paraguayo-deja-7-desaparecidos-en-el-Parana
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