Searches of members of “Vanessa” crew are continued

Yesterday the searches of eight missed people’s from the “Vanessa” ship were continued. As the press service of the Extraordinary Ministry informs, as of January 10, 7 a.m. the destiny of 10 people was still unknown.

The searches of missed members of crew are held in the coastal strip of the Northern part of the Kerch peninsula. 51 people and eight units of automobile technique are involved in the searching works.

As earlier reported, the Bulgarian dry cargo ship “Vanessa” sunk in the Azov Sea on January 3. There were 11 people on board: 10 people of crew and Ukrainian pilot.

The accident occurred in the Northern part of the Kerch Channel. The sunken ship belongs to the Bulgarian side. It carried metal from Berdyansk. Seven out of eleven sailors of the “Vanessa” dry cargo ship died.