2023-11-27 15:18:02
ATHENS (AP) — The European Union’s border protection agency Frontex has joined the search for 12 missing crew members of a cargo ship that sank under adverse weather conditions Sunday near the Greek island of Lesbos, they said. authorities on Monday.
A 40-year-old Egyptian crew member was rescued on Sunday, while a commercial ship assisting in the search recovered the body of another Egyptian crew member.
The Comoros-flagged Raptor was carrying salt from Alexandria, Egypt, to Istanbul and issued a distress signal before capsizing. According to the coast guard, she had a crew of 14 — eight Egyptians, four Indians and two Syrians.
The ship reported a mechanical problem at 7:00 a.m. Sunday, sent a distress signal at 8:20 a.m. and disappeared shortly following regarding 4.5 nautical miles (8 kilometers) southwest of Lesbos. the authorities indicated.
Frontex, which patrols the Lesbos area monitoring irregular immigration, sent a surveillance plane and a patrol boat to join the search by the Greek coast guard.
Northwest winds of more than 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles) were blowing in the area, according to the national weather service.
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