| Situation Update No. 1 Ref.no.: VI-20100106-24451-SGP
Situation Update No. 1
On 2010-01-06 at 17:18:51 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Accident
Location: Singapore South China Sea Pedra Branca area
Number of Deads: 2 person(s)
Number of Missing: 9 person(s)
Situation: A Singapore-flag offshore tug/ supply vessel, the 797 gt Ocean Lark, capsized at around 0500 local time today (6 January) in the vicinity of the Horsburgh lighthouse. Two of its crew were rescued, two bodies found and nine are still unaccounted for. The Equasis database lists the manager as being Seaspec Marine Services and the registered owner as being Intone Pte Ltd. It is unclear what caused the 1973-built, Bureau Veritas-classed vessel to capsize. The alarm was raised when another offshore support vessel saw a liferaft 16 miles off the Horsburgh and discovered the two survivors about five hours after their vessel had sunk. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Singapore Air Force, Singapore Navy and commercial vessels have been searching for missing crew members since the alarm was raised. The wreck of the Ocean Lark has been located and two bodies recovered. It understood all of the crew were Indonesian and that the Ocean Lark was on passage from Batam, to Matak. |  |
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