PHUKET: At least 43 people have died and 26 are missing after a Russian trawler sank late on Wednesday in the Western Pacific Ocean near the Kamchatka Peninsula, the TASS news agency reported, citing an officer at a maritime rescue coordination center in the area.There were 132 people on board the Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler and 63 people have been rescued from freezing waters near zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), TASS said.The ship was carrying 78 Russian nationals, as well as 54 foreign nationals from Myanmar, Ukraine, Lithuania and Vanuatu, the n …read more
Source: Phuket Gazette
