MOSCOW— A Russian fishing trawler sank in just 15 minutes early Thursday in the icy waters off Russia’s Far East coast, killing at least 56 of its 132 crew members, rescue workers said.
The massive trawler Dalny Vostok sank about 4 a.m. local time (1800 GMT Wednesday; 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday) in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula. It did not send a distress signal prior to the sinking.
Emergency services in Kamchatka, citing the head of the rescue operation, said 63 crew members were rescued but the fate of the remaining 13 crew members was unknown.
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Source: The Epoch Times
