China News Service, March 1. According to a report by Kyodo News Agency, at approximately 10:15 pm local time on February 29, local time, the Maritime Security Headquarters (Shiogama), the second ward of Japan, said in a radio report that it was about 12 kilometers offshore, the Belizean cargo ship "National Hing 1" collided with a fishing boat and was flooding. A total of 14 crew members were on board, including 7 Chinese, 6 Vietnamese and 1 Filipino. At present, with the exception of one Vietnamese person, the whereabouts of the remaining 13 people are unknown.
According to reports, the Hachinohe Maritime Security Department revealed that the cargo ship sank after about 20 minutes. Except for one of the 14 crew members who were rescued, the whereabouts of the remaining 13 were unknown. Haibao has issued a disaster dispatch request to the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and search and rescue operations are continuing.
According to the Headquarters of the 2nd District, as of 10 am local time on March 1, local life rafts and life buoys were recovered, but no missing persons were found. To investigate the cause of the accident, the Transportation Safety Committee has appointed two ship accident investigators in charge of the incident.
According to the report, according to the headquarters of the second control area, the cargo ships were all male, including 7 Chinese, 6 Vietnamese and 1 Filipino. Among them, a Vietnamese in his 30s was rescued by a nearby fishing boat and was rushed to the hospital in Hachinohe Port. The cargo ship was 1989 tons, carrying 3150 tons of iron filings, and was sailing from Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture to South Korea.
The collision fishing boat was the eighth rich pill, an offshore trawler in Hachinohe, and returned to Hachinohe Port at 11:20 a.m. local time on March 1. There were 13 Japanese and 15 Indonesians on board, all of which were life-threatening. According to the owner's company, the ship originally planned to fish for cod and catfish in the Tsugaru Strait to about 8 pm local time on February 29, and then return to the voyage.
On 1 March, the headquarters of Area 2 searched for 13 missing persons through patrol boats and aircraft. The sea in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture has dispatched an aircraft since receiving a disaster dispatch request from the 21st Aviation Group. The Marine Security Headquarters in the first (Otaru), third (Yokohama), and fifth (Kobe) districts also sent special rescue teams and jets to join the search and rescue operation.