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    Turkish ship Alaca-1 sinking in Azov Sea, crew airlifted

    February 7, 2012
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    Turkish ship Alaca-1 sinking in Azov Sea, crew airlifted

    The rescue operation is complicated by weather conditions, on-scene air temperature is -19 ° C and wind gusts of 17 m / s. 9.35 In Helicopter Emergency lifted people from the ice and brought to Simferopol.

    Helicopter Emergency crews rescued a cargo ship ALACA, was damaged in the Azov Sea near Berdyansk At 6:00 am on February 7 MOE received information that, in the Sea of Azov at a distance of about 50 km east of Berdyansk suffers misfortune freighter "Alaca-1" (Turkish Boyship Marine is the owner, Panama Flag, , the crew of 12 people, cargo ship was damaged) which moved along the route Kerch-Rostov-na-Donu (Russian Federation). Communication with the vessel is missing, the crew descended on the ice. By carrying out the rescue operation involved a helicopter Mi-8 MES, hovercraft "Mars-700", an icebreaker (from the port of Mariupol), and the icebreaker "Kapitan Demidrv" (Russia, the port of Taman). Crew airlifted to safety The rescue operation is complicated by weather conditions, on-scene air temperature is -19 ° C and wind gusts of 17 m / s. 9.35 In Helicopter Emergency lifted people from the ice and brought to Simferopol. The situation is under control of the Main Territorial Administration, Ministry of Emergencies in Zaporizhia region. Such a vessel in marine data bases did not appear. This is not the first time - when the Emergency Situations Ministry on the phone or radio report emergency information received too often on the radio with terpyascheko distress vessel, it is no wonder did not hear the exact name. You can not blame them .. Revision BSNews by logical deductions - otsmotrev all vessels under the flag of Panama, located in this region and have similar names, found that these conditions are met only one ship - ALACA 1. ALACA 1: Ship Type: Cargo. Year built: 1989. Length and Breadth: 88 m X 13 m. Gross Tonnage: 1859, DeadWeight: 2734 t. Speed ​​recorded (Max / Average): 6.3 / 5.8 knots. Flag: Panama [PA]. Call: 3FXJ. IMO: 8872277, MMSI: 352251000 Last Position Received: Area: Black Sea. Latitude / Longitude: 45.34178 ° / 36.61643 ° Last Known Port: KERCH. The information was obtained.: 9d 22h 13min ago.

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