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Tanker threatened to capsize off Keelung
The 'Ocean Porpoise', en route from China, issued a distress call on Sep 19, 2019, at 5 a.m. after suffering water ingress off Keelung, in vicinity 25 39 49 N, 121 15 09 E. The vessel had developed a starboard list and was threatened to capsize. The captain gave the order to abandon the vessel. Two of the crew members jumped overboard in panic. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) and the National Airborne Service Corps were notified, and and SAR operation was launched. A Black Hawk helicopter took off from the Taipei Songshan Airport and reached the area at around 6 a.m. About an hour later, the two crew members who had jumped overboard were airlifted and transported to the airport before being rushed to hospital. The other 11 remaining crew members were airlifted to safety by a MND civil multi-role and offshore support helicopter.
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