The investigation revealed three possible causes of the disappearance of the ship “Vostok” in the sea of Japan
Moscow. 30 Jan. INTERFAX.RU Investigators consider three versions of the incident with the ship “Vostok”, the missing 25 Jan.
The consequence considers three versions of the happened: infringement of rules of navigation, technical failure of the vessel and weather conditions.Daria Nemawashi assistant of far East investigatory management on transport
She added that the obtained objective data about the stormy weather in the supposed area of the vessel at the time of the emergency beacon.
The search for the missing sailors and the ship continues. The investigation monitors the progress of the search operation, the investigators will examine the items discovered search vessels at sea.
As reported, fishing vessel “Vostok”, on Board of which there were 20 sailors, filed a distress signal on January 25 at the southern coast of Primorye. After that, the ship stopped communicating. Was launched search and rescue operation. In the expected area of the crash found only a few life jackets and two empty life raft.
On Monday, the coordinator of search and rescue operations adopted a decision on the termination of the active phase of the operation due to the lack of hope of finding people alive. Searches will continue taking place in the district court. In addition, 30 January the regional Central Board MOE reported that in search for another two days will be attended by aircraft of the emergencies Ministry.
Upon loss of communication with the ship “Vostok” in the sea of Japan initiated a criminal case under article “violation of safety rules of movement and operation of sea transport, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons.”