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Shipwreck on Ha Long Bay
Twelve
bodies have been found and all the passengers, including both the saved
and the dead (except for one) have been identified.
A cruise boat
named Truong Hai, coded QN 5198, carrying 21 visitors and six sailors
sank at 5:am (local time) on the morning of February 17 off the Ti Top
island in Ha Long Bay.
Among the total of 21 tourists on board,
there were two Vietnamese people and 19 foreigners coming from Russia
(2), the UK (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), the US (3), Japan
(1), Australia (1), France (2), Sweden (2) and Switzerland (2).
Initial findings point to a leak in the engine room as the cause of the accident.
By noon of the same day, search and rescue workers saved nine
foreigners, one captain and four sailors. At 11:45 am, 12 bodies were
salvaged.
In a recent interview granted to a Voice of Vietnam Radio
(VOV), Do Thong, Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s
Committee said after hearing the news about the accident, the People’s
Committee and the Search and Rescue Board in Quang Ninh have mobilised
all the relevant agencies.
The same day, Chairman of the Quang Ninh
provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Van Doc said Quang Ninh was
prepared to assist the victims’ families.
Meanwhile, Quang Ninh police has decided to prosecute the case and continued the investigation.
Source: VOVNews |
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