13 missing seamen in a Vietnamese coal-carrying ship rescued
19/11/2008 16:46
The 13 missing seamen in a Vietnamese coal-carrying ship that went sunk in
waters off the central coast of Vietnam yesterday has been found this morning,
Vietnam News Agency reported, citing source with the local rescue center.
The
13 seamen have returned to the land and their health condition is stable now,
said source with the Danang Maritime Rescue Coordination Center.
According to
the seamen, they were lucky to catch the life buoys when the ship
sunk.
Previous reports said there were 15 seamen on the ship when it sunk,
but reports from the Vietnam News Agency said that there were only 13 on the
ship and now all the seamen have been rescued.
The ship, belonging to a
private owner in Vietnam, ran into an accident in the bad weather yesterday and
then sunk.
Xinhua
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