The South Korean-flagged Orchid Pia and Panamanian-flagged Cygnus Ace, collided at about 2:15 am (1715 GMT Monday) in waters off Izu Oshima Island, roughly 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Tokyo, the coast guard said. The 10,833-tonne Cygnus Ace immediately reported the incident to the coast guard and said its radar was not able to locate the South Korean vessel. The 4,255-tonne-Orchid Pia has not responded to radio signals from the coast guard, which has launched six patrol vessels and two planes to search the freighter. The ship, carrying 16 crew members and 5,051 tons of steel coils, was traveling from the port of Kashima in eastern Japan to South Korea, the coast guard said. ‘It is possible that Orchid Pia sunk,’ a coast guard official said. ‘We found an empty raft in the area waters, but so far we are continuing the search for the missing individuals,’ he said.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sixteen sailors missing after ships collide off Japan
Tokyo - Seven South Korean and nine Indonesian sailors are missing after two commercial ships collided off Japan, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The South Korean-flagged Orchid Pia and Panamanian-flagged Cygnus Ace, collided at about 2:15 am (1715 GMT Monday) in waters off Izu Oshima Island, roughly 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Tokyo, the coast guard said. The 10,833-tonne Cygnus Ace immediately reported the incident to the coast guard and said its radar was not able to locate the South Korean vessel. The 4,255-tonne-Orchid Pia has not responded to radio signals from the coast guard, which has launched six patrol vessels and two planes to search the freighter. The ship, carrying 16 crew members and 5,051 tons of steel coils, was traveling from the port of Kashima in eastern Japan to South Korea, the coast guard said. ‘It is possible that Orchid Pia sunk,’ a coast guard official said. ‘We found an empty raft in the area waters, but so far we are continuing the search for the missing individuals,’ he said.Read More
The South Korean-flagged Orchid Pia and Panamanian-flagged Cygnus Ace, collided at about 2:15 am (1715 GMT Monday) in waters off Izu Oshima Island, roughly 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Tokyo, the coast guard said. The 10,833-tonne Cygnus Ace immediately reported the incident to the coast guard and said its radar was not able to locate the South Korean vessel. The 4,255-tonne-Orchid Pia has not responded to radio signals from the coast guard, which has launched six patrol vessels and two planes to search the freighter. The ship, carrying 16 crew members and 5,051 tons of steel coils, was traveling from the port of Kashima in eastern Japan to South Korea, the coast guard said. ‘It is possible that Orchid Pia sunk,’ a coast guard official said. ‘We found an empty raft in the area waters, but so far we are continuing the search for the missing individuals,’ he said.
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