Pilot boat sank in Guldborg Sound
The "Danpilot Triton" sank in the morning of July 18, 2015, at 7.30 a.m. in the Smålands fairway. The skipper sent a distress signal and then boarded a liferaft. Soon after his boat foundered between Femø and the entrance to the Guldborg Sound.
Half an hour later he was hoisted aboard a rescue helicopter.
The man had just sailed over to a freighter, but they could not get him from the raft.
Therefore,a helicopter of was deployed by hte Defence Operation Centre.
The cause of the sinking was not clear, but the boat had been in a shipyard for just a week ago because of a leak in the stern tube.
The "Danpilot Triton" sank in the morning of July 18, 2015, at 7.30 a.m. in the Smålands fairway. The skipper sent a distress signal and then boarded a liferaft. Soon after his boat foundered between Femø and the entrance to the Guldborg Sound.
Half an hour later he was hoisted aboard a rescue helicopter.
The man had just sailed over to a freighter, but they could not get him from the raft.
Therefore,a helicopter of was deployed by hte Defence Operation Centre.
The cause of the sinking was not clear, but the boat had been in a shipyard for just a week ago because of a leak in the stern tube.