Spanish trawler sank off Canadian coast, there are dead
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A Spanish trawler with 24 people on board crashed near Canada. This is reported by the newspaper Faro de Vigo.
The ship sank near Terranova Island. There are dead, a few people managed to save. Search and rescue operations are underway.
At the time of the incident, 12 Spaniards, Peruvians and two Danes were on the ship. At the crash site, located 250 miles from the coast, two lifeboats were found. One of the rescue vehicles was empty, the other contained three people.
Earlier in the Primorsky Territory, the crab fishing vessel Aquanaut sank at the berth of the port of Zarubino. The senior mechanic died, the captain was hospitalized with hypothermia. On board the crab is 16 tons of fuel. The owner of the ship said that 14 crew members were evacuated. The Aquanaut sank in a few minutes.
