Relatives of Nghe An crew members cried, waiting for rescue news from Quang Binh

As reported, on the morning of September 5, after taking shelter from storm No. 4, Nghe An fishing boat with registration number NA 93010 TS had just left Gianh estuary (Quang Binh) about 10 nautical miles to the East when it was sunk by large waves.

On the morning of September 6, Nghe An Newspaper reporters were present at Son Hai commune. A gloomy atmosphere covered the coastal village. Everyone was talking about the village ship that sank in Quang Binh and the 6 crew members who fell into the sea and were still missing.

The family of Mr. Tran Van Thien in Hamlet 10, Son Hai Commune is waiting for their missing relative. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Hoang Son - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Hai Commune, Quynh Luu District said: At 3:00 a.m. this morning (September 6), local leaders including the Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Hai Commune went to Quang Binh province, where the fishermen went missing, to coordinate with Quang Binh authorities in the search.

Since yesterday afternoon and this morning, Son Hai commune has sent organizations to the homes of the missing fishermen to encourage and visit them.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, wife of missing crew member Dau Ngoc Cam in hamlet 8, Son Hai commune. Photo: Viet Hung

Contacting the Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Search and Rescue of Quang Binh province, we learned that: Currently, there are 6 units searching for the missing people, including the Navy ship of Region 3, ship CN 09 of Con Co Border Guard Station (Quang Tri), Hai Van ship (Da Nang Port Tugboat Joint Stock Company), 4 commercial ships and fishing boats of Nghe An fishermen.

Boats anchored at Lach Thoi fishing port, Son Hai. Photo: Van Truong

Rescue work was urgently planned and deployed since yesterday afternoon, but as of 9:00 a.m. on September 6, the 6 missing crew members still had not been found.

According to the Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Quang Binh province, due to the area where fishing boat NA93010 TS encountered the accident, big waves, strong winds, and the Gianh River channel discharging hydroelectric water into the sea, causing strong currents, the search for the victims encountered many difficulties.

Salvage of sunken fishing boat in Nghe An with 9 missing fishermen begins

Military units will send divers down to a depth of 41 meters to tie nets and combine them with fishing boat anchors to salvage fishing boat NA 95899, which sank, leaving 9 fishermen missing.

Nghe An coastal villagers cry, anxiously waiting for news of 9 missing fishermen

(Baonghean.vn) - Among the 9 Nghe An sailors missing at sea and not yet found, there are cases of both father and son, and siblings in the same family.