Nghe An receives 2 crew members and 1 body from fishing boat that sank ashore

List of 19 Nghe An sailors in distress at sea

(Baonghean.vn) - Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Cong was present at the Forward Command Center - Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region I (Hai Phong) to direct the search and rescue work for 9 missing sailors from Nghe An.

On the afternoon of June 30, SAR 411 ship of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center brought two crew members and a victim's body ashore to hand over to the family.

Two crew members were rescued and brought ashore: Mr. Dinh Trong Dung (57 years old) and Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tuyen (32 years old, both residing in Tien Thuy commune, Quynh Luu district).

Mr. Dung and Mr. Tuyen's health is stable but their faces still show fatigue and confusion after the unexpected accident.

Mr. Dinh Trong Dung recounted that the fishing boat had just left port four days ago and had caught about six tons of fish. At that time, the crew members were sleeping after a hard night's work when suddenly they heard a loud bang. All the crew members fell into the sea. Since no one was wearing life jackets, everyone quickly sank. "I only remember that the cargo ship rescued me and eight other crew members. The incident happened so quickly that no one remembers how they were rescued," Mr. Dung said.

Mr. Dung and Mr. Tuyen were brought ashore two days after the accident at sea. Photo: Hoai Thu

SAR 411 also brought the body of Nguyen Van Hoa (born 1981) ashore and handed it over to his family. Afterwards, Hoa's family quickly took the victim to Quynh Luu for burial.

Some of Mr. Hoa's relatives said that after the fishing boat sank, Mr. Hoa was rescued. But when he woke up, he could not find his son, Nguyen Van Phong (born 2002), so Mr. Hoa jumped into the sea to look for his son and died. Mr. Hoa's body was found shortly after.

The body of victim Nguyen Van Hoa is taken out of the cold room. Photo: Pham Bang

As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, at noon on June 28 at position 19 degrees 32.334' N 107 degrees 42.263' E (about 32 nautical miles south of Bach Long Vy Island), the Pacific 01 ship was traveling from Binh Thuan to Cam Pha (Quang Ninh) when it suddenly collided with the fishing boat of Mr. Ho Ba Lam (born 1981) - owner of fishing boat NA-95899-TS in Tien Thuy commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province, with 19 crew members on board.

Mr. Hoa's body was handed over to his family and local authorities. Photo: Hoai Thu

The strong collision caused the fishing boat of Quynh Luu fishermen to capsize, the boat floating on the sea surface. Afterwards, the Pacific 01 ship rescued 9 crew members, 10 crew members were missing.

By the afternoon of June 30, the rescue team had only found the body of Nguyen Van Hoa, while 9 other crew members were still missing at sea.