SOLYMONE BLOG: BURNING SHIP IN MALAYSIAN STRAITS , 15 CREWS MEMBERS RESCUE, 9 STILL MISSING

BURNING SHIP IN MALAYSIAN STRAITS , 15 CREWS MEMBERS RESCUE, 9 STILL MISSING

Nine Chinese crew members of Liberian-registered tanker MT Formosa Product Brick, which caught fire after a collision with a bulk carrier in the Malacca Straits, of Malaysia on Tuesday night, are still missing.

Search and rescue teams in helicopters, speedboats and fixed-wing aircraft failed to locate the crew despite spending hours scouring the accident site some 20 nautical miles off Kuala Lukut near here.
Fifteen of the 25-member crew were plucked from their dinghy by a German container ship Nordspring which was in the area at the time of the accident, and handed over to Malaysian authorities.
Five of the saved crew members, including the captain Jiang Han Cheng, were brought to the Marine Department jetty in a Maritime Malaysia Enforcement Agency (MMEA) boat at about 2.30am yesterday.
Ten others arrived in a separate boat 15 minutes later followed by a sixteenth survivor who was found floating at sea by Fire and Rescue Department officers.
Thirteen of them received outpatient treatment at the district hospital while the captain and two others were warded with minor injuries.
Chinese embassy officials later made arrangements for the 13 to stay at a hotel here.
The vessel was sailing south towards Singapore from the United Arab Emirates when the bulk carrier MV Ostende Max ploughed into the left section of its rear at about 8.50pm.
It is understood that the MT Formosa is owned by a Taiwanese while the other vessel was Greek-owned and registered in the Isle of Man.
The MV Ostende, which was laden with coal, was also heading for Singapore when the mishap happened.

Source; The Star Online

BURNING SHIP IN MALAYSIAN STRAITS , 15 CREWS MEMBERS RESCUE, 9 STILL MISSING

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