Search for missing crew members still on

The "Senefand Dos", a twin of the "Senefand Uno" which has sunk a week ago in Senegal waters, continued to comb the area where the wreck occurred trying to locate the three missing sailors. One of them is the master, Vicente Pazos, native of Marín, the other two, the oiler and a deckhand, were of Senegalese nationality. The search area was located between 30 and 35 miles southwest of Dakar and had an extension of about three miles. According to the testimony of the chief engineer, Fernando Argibay (one of the eight survivors), the 52 year old master was inside the wheelhouse at the time of the sinking. The water depth at the sinking site was about 650 meters. The owner, the PRofand Grooup, was working to get an oceanographic vessel equipped with multibeam and side-scan sonar in order to locate the wreck. The "Senefand Uno", when recovering the fishing gear, quickly listed to starboard due to the excessive weight of the catch and was unable to regain stability in spite of the attempts of Vicente Pazos to avoid the sinking by maneuvering from the bridge, precious time to save the life of eight crew members.