There are one dead and four wounded in the dramatic fire broke out this morning off the coast of Albania on the passenger ship Norman Atlantic, carrying over 450 people between passengers and crew members.
Meanwhile broke the cord with which the tug Marietta Barretta had managed to hook the bow of the Norman Atlantic after hours of trying. A new attempt to dock the ship by four tugs now in the area is already in place. Once secured to the traction means, the ship will likely be brought to Brindisi.
A dead The victim is a passenger greek, Georgios Doulis, died in an attempt to jump on a lifeboat. The wife was rescued and brought to Brindisi. Rescuers, did you know Admiral John Pettorino, chief operating department of the Coast Guard, recovered the body on board and handed over the body to a patrol boat returned to Brindisi.
The rescue It’s a race against time. Norman on the Atlantic at the time of the fire there were 422 passengers and 56 crew members, including 22 Italians including the ship’s captain Argilio Giacomazzi. Around 44 Italians on board. Among the first to be evacuated from the ferry were the 36 children and the elderly. 113 women, including four crew greek. There are dispersed and helicopters will continue with the relief for the whole night. In the area came to the aid of another ten ferries civilians, in addition to military means. The inclination is seven degrees because the water used to extinguish the fire. The ferry flying the Italian flag had departed from the port of Igoumenitsa, Greece North Western Ancona where he was expected to live for 17 today. The fire would break out in the garage. Rescue operations are coordinated by the Coast Guard of Bari. The ferry is operated by the operator Marche Agency Archibug i.
In addition to the resources already committed in the area (2 aircraft Greeks, Greek unit Coast Guard, three patrol boats of the harbor master Italian with two helicopters, an air force helicopter and two motor vessels) have been hijacked the motorboat Cruise Europe (flying the Italian flag, the Evinos (Greek flag, identified for the recovery of your aircraft. The Navy also in preparation further three helicopters that will be transferred from Catania to Grottaglie.
Passengers rescued. I am currently 169 people Masses rescued while four are wounded, including a Navy Rescue swimmer and a soldier of the Coast Guard. On board there are still 317 people. The new budget was announced by the Navy insists that the difficulties in the rescue operations in Due to the amount of smoke present and the onset of the dark . Three children are rescued in hypothermia in Galashiels.
Passengers The Ministry of Merchant Marine Greek, announced the passenger list of the ship Norman Atlantic. To board the ship were 422 passengers. The others are: 234 Greeks, one Romanian, two Russians, 6 Austrian, Hungarian 10 2 Swiss, 1 Croatian 8 Georgians, five Syrians, one Swedish, one Canadian, two Ukrainians, one Egyptian, 18 Germans 54 Turks, two Afghans, 22 Albanians 1 Maltese, 7 Bulgarians, three citizens of FYROM, two British, three Dutch, three Belgians, nine French, two Iraqis. Are 56 crew members of various nationalities.
The flames broke out, according to local media, at around 5:30 this morning (4:30 in Italy), for reasons still unknown. The captain sounded the abandon ship. “High waves and big, so huge difficulties in rescue”: are the first information received in Brindisi via radio by firefighters
The shipowner The controls who had undergone the Norman Atlantic “have confirmed the status of full functionality” of the second ferry Carlo Visentini, owner and holder of Rovigo Visemar Navigation, which owns the ferry on fire. “During the inspections had showed mild malfunction” of one of the doors, but had been “immediately eliminated,” he explains. The company is located in Porto Viro (Rovigo), along the Romea. Carlo Visentini is the owner of ‘Visemar Navigation’.
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