Crew Member’s Body Found 4 Days After Turkish Cargo Vessel Sank In the Black Sea

The dead body of the second crew member of a Turkish-flagged vessel was recovered four days after it sunk in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey’s northern province of Zonguldak, officials said on Thursday, adding that the search for the remaining ten crew members is ongoing.

📍Zonguldak

19 Kasım’da yaşanan olumsuz hava koşulları nedeniyle batan yük gemisinde kaybolan 10 vatandaşımızı arama çalışmaları 5. gününde devam ediyor.

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✈️ 2️⃣ uçak
🚁 2️⃣ helikopter
🚤 1️⃣8️⃣ bot
🌀 3️⃣ drone
⚓️ 2️⃣ ROV (su altı robotu)
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— AFAD (@AFADBaskanlik) November 23, 2023

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The body was discovered on Thursday morning when the hunt was on for 11 other crew members who went missing when the cargo ship sank owing to heavy weather on Nov. 19, according to a statement released on X by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (abbreviated the AFAD).

AFAD extended condolences to those who had lost loved ones in the unfortunate tragedy, saying that professional teams were still searching for and rescuing the ten persons who had gone missing.

Contact with the cargo ship Kafkametler, which had 12 Turkish crew members on board, was lost while it was in the southern Black Sea when it submerged off the coast of Zonguldak due to unfavourable weather and sea conditions, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya in a statement.

On Monday, a day following the tragedy, one body was discovered.

Reference- TRT World

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