Frachter PHU TAN (IMO 8715455) mit 25 Mann Besatzung & 2 Passagieren nach Maschinenausfall und Wassereinbruch bei Sturm im Chinesischen Meer gesunken - Bisher nur 2 Mann gerettet
GT: RPTD 16 DEC 2010 SANK 110 NM SOUTH WEST OFF HAINAN ISLAND FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE AND WATER INGRESS.
ALL 25 CREW & 2 PASSENGERS MISSING. SEARCH UNDER WAY.
Die Phu Tan wurde 1988 als WATERGEUS bei MTW in Wismar (BauNr. 173) gebaut und fuhr unter der Flagge Vietnams
Bilder bei SP: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/pho ... mo=8715455
Peoples Daily dazu:
Two sailors rescued, 25 still missing after vessel sinks in South China sea
Two Vietnamese sailors were rescued Friday, more than 20 hours after their vessel sank in the South China Sea, but 25 others are still missing.
The Vietnamese cargo ship, the "Phu Tan", capsized and sank in strong gales about 110 nautical miles west of Sanya city on China's southern island province of Hainan, according to the South China Sea Salvage Bureau. Twenty-seven people aboard were thrown into the sea.
The bureau immediately dispatched a rescue vessel to search for the missing after it received two emergency calls from the Vietnamese maritime department at noon Thursday, a spokesman said.
Rescuers said that around 7:30 p.m., the rescue vessel, "South China Sea R 111," arrived at the site in strong gales of 75.6 to 100 km per hour and waves 6 meters high, but found no sign of survivors.
The vessel began searching a larger sea area in the direction in which survivors would have drifted.....
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001 ... 34277.html
