There are one dead and four wounded in the dramatic fire broke out this morning off the coast of Albania on Norman Atlantic passenger ship, carrying more than 600 people between passengers and crew members.
A dead The victim is a passenger greek that he would die in the attempt to abandon ship, as the Greek TV station Mega Channel. The wife was rescued and brought to Brindisi. Rescuers, did you know Admiral John Pettorino, chief operating department of the Coast Guard, recovered the body on board and handed over the body to a patrol boat that is returning to Brindisi.
No missing has announced the m inistro Defense greek Nikos Dendias, who said that the helicopters will continue even at night rescue operations. Ten ferries arrived in the area to help.
The rescue After hours of trying, the tug Marietta Barretta party from the port of Brindisi was able to hook with a top of the bow of the Norman Atlantic for stabilization operations and towing the ship adrift and still on fire.
Relief difficult. The weather conditions are very bad and make it difficult for help: when you
detect more than 50 knots of wind and sea force 7-8. The Italian-flagged ferry had departed from the port of Igoumenitsa, Greece North Western Ancona where he was expected to live for 17 today. The fire would break out in the garage. Rescue operations are coordinated by the Coast Guard of Bari. The ferry is operated by the operator Marche Agency Archibugi.
In addition to the resources already committed in the area (2 aircraft Greeks, Greek unit Coast Guard, three patrol boats of the harbor master Italian with two helicopters, an air force helicopter and two motor vessels) have been hijacked the motorboat Cruise Europe (flying the Italian flag, the Evinos (Greek flag, identified for the recovery of your aircraft. The Navy also in preparation further three helicopters that will be transferred from Catania to Grottaglie.
Passengers rescued. I am currently 165 people Masses rescued while four are wounded, including a Navy Rescue swimmer and a soldier of the Coast Guard. On board there are still 312 people. The new budget was announced by the Navy insists that the difficulties in the rescue operations in Due to the amount of smoke present and the onset of the dark. In the area of operations, however, came the ship San Giorgio . Three children are rescued in hypothermia in Galashiels.
Passengers The Ministry of Merchant Marine Greek, announced the passenger list of the ship Norman Atlantic. To board the ship were 422 passengers. Italians are 22. The others are: 234 Greeks, one Romanian, two Russians, 6 Austrian, Hungarian 10 2 Swiss, 1 Croatian 8 Georgians, five Syrians, one Swedish, one Canadian, two Ukrainians, one Egyptian, 18 Germans 54 Turks , two Afghans, 22 Albanians 1 Maltese, 7 Bulgarians, three citizens of FYROM, two English, three Dutch, three Belgians, nine French, two Iraqis. Are 56 crew members of various nationalities.
The flames broke out, according to local media, at around 5:30 this morning (4:30 in Italy), for reasons still unknown. The captain sounded the abandon ship. The accident occurred about 22 kilometers from Vlora. On the spot as well as firefighters and captaincy is heading a Navy helicopter. According to Greek media, some boats were destroyed by the flames.
Throw a strong wind and the sea is rough. On the spot has already received two ships that due to the sea conditions are not able to bring the ferry to take on board the passengers, while another ship and an army helicopter greek are going to get there. Firefighters, on means of captaincies departed from Brindisi and Barletta.
“High waves and big, so huge difficulties in rescue» : is the information arriving in Brindisi via radio by firefighters who are working on board one of the three parties from the harbor tugs Puglia to intervene in rescue at Norman Atlantic. Firefighters have not yet managed to board the ship. Witnesses on the spot report that the boats still usable are located right on the most difficult to achieve for the staff. Other firefighters were on board the tugboat that left Asmara Brindisi around 13. In what has been learned are not currently unsuccessful attempts of the first tug, the one at the time closest to the ferry Norman Atlantic, to engage with a top of the ship that is drifting toward the Albanian coast.
The shipowner The controls who had undergone Norman the Atlantic “have confirmed the status of full functionality” of the second ferry Carlo Visentini, owner and holder of Rovigo Visemar Navigation, which owns the ferry on fire. “During the inspections had showed mild malfunction” of one of the doors, but had been “immediately eliminated,” he explains. The company is located in Porto Viro (Rovigo), along the Romea. Carlo Visentini is the owner of ‘Visemar Navigation’.
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