Athens [Greece], November 27: A significant rescue operation is underway after a cargo ship carrying 14 crew members together with Indian crew members, sank off the coast of Lesbos island in Greece as a consequence of high-speed winds, Al Jazeera reported.
The Comoros-flagged ship Raptor, which was travelling from Dekheila, Egypt to Istanbul carrying a load of salt, sank 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) southwest of Lesbos early on Sunday.
5 cargo ships, three Coast Guard vessels, air power, navy helicopters and a navy frigate have joined the rescue effort to seek for the crew members, Al Jazeera reported citing the Greek coastguard. Nevertheless, just one crew member has been rescued until now.
The crew member was airlifted from the ocean by a navy helicopter throughout gale power winds, based on the coastguard and brought to Lisbon Basic Hospital for remedy.
In response to Al Jazeera, the ship first reported a mechanical failure at 7 am native time (05:00 GMT), however by 8:20 am (native time), the captain had despatched out a Mayday misery name and reported that the ship was tilting.
Shortly after, the ship disappeared from the radar shortly after and authorities suspect that the heavy load induced the ship to cease and sink as soon as it took on water.
The Athens Information Company (ANA), reported quoting the working firm of the ship primarily based in Lebanon, mentioned that crew members included Syrian, Indian and Egyptian nationals, based on Al Jazeera.
In the meantime, the ships remained docked throughout a number of elements of Greece over the weekend, with wind speeds reaching 9-10 on the Beaufort scale, that means a robust gale to storm power. The Beaufort scale which ranges from 0 to 12 estimates wind energy.
An emergency climate warning by the Hellenic Nationwide Meteorological Service (EMY) was additionally upgraded on Saturday from “worsening climate” to “harmful climate phenomena”, as Storm Oliver (additionally referred to as Bettina) moved from the Adriatic Sea towards Greece.
The nation has been struck by repeated flooding over current months after being hit by a collection of storms.
Earlier in September, Central Greece was devastated by cataclysmic quantities of rain dumped by Storm Daniel, destroying crops and killing tens of hundreds of cattle throughout a large space that’s the coronary heart of Greece’s agricultural manufacturing, Al Jazeera reported. (ANI)
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