A ship with Russians sank near the Falkland Islands: there are dead and missing Yaroslav Pogonchuk The ship Argos Georgia sank with Russians on board/Collage 24 Channel The fishing vessel Argos Georgia has sunk near the Falkland Islands. Six crew members have died in the accident. Russian media reports that seven more crew members are missing and 14 have been rescued. Search operations have been suspended due to poor weather conditions, Channel 24 reports. The fishing vessel Argos Georgia, which had Russian citizens on board, sank near the Falkland Islands. 6 crew members died, 7 are missing, and 14 were rescued. The crew gave the first alarm on Monday afternoon, the last one – on the evening of the same day at 21:23. Later, two fishing vessels arrived at the scene of the accident – the Chilean “Puerto Toro” and the Galician “Robin M. Lee”, which took those who were in the lifeboats and returned to the shore. The rescued said that they were in the open sea for more than 15 hours with a water temperature of four degrees and waves about seven meters high. A video that appeared online shows the moment of the rescue of 14 fishermen who managed to climb into a lifeboat before the ship sank. There is no exact information yet on whether there were Russian citizens among those rescued. How 14 fishermen were pulled out of the water: watch the video There were 27 crew members on board, including 8 Russian citizens, 10 Spaniards (including the captain), 2 Uruguayans, 2 Peruvians and 5 Indonesians. The search was suspended due to bad weather conditions.
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A ship carrying Russians sank near the Falkland Islands: there are dead and missing
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