RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Russia - Vehicle Incident

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-01-23, 09:56:13 [UTC] Ref.no.: VIV-20100123-24671-RUS Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-01-24 at 04:51:20 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Incident Location: Russia Far-East / Sea of Okhotsk About 220 km off Nogliki Situation: A rescue vessel is expected to reach a refrigerator ship in distress off Sakhalin in the next few hours, a rescue spokesman said on Sunday. The rescue ship is expected to enter the area after 6:00 Moscow time [3:00 GMT]. "After examining the refrigerator rescuers would decide on whether it could be repaired in the sea or should be towed to a port," the source said. The Smolninsky vessel signaled its distress 220 km off the village of Nogliki in the Sea of Okhotsk on Friday. According to preliminary reports, there were 30 crew members and 11 passengers on board, all of them Russians. The passengers were evacuated by a Mi-8 helicopter early on Saturday. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu