Along the coast of the Kuril Islands sank a Japanese schooner
In the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday about 60 miles from the island of Matua srednekurilskogo sank a Japanese schooner Chossi maru-8. The crew of nine men rescued.
According to a representative of marine rescue sub-center of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the SOS signal received on Wednesday at 00:08 local time (17:08 Moscow time. Tuesday) "In this area of work quite a lot of Russian and Japanese ships, so once some courts have come to the area distress vessel. Command Chossi maru-8 "picked up a Japanese schooners," - said the representative sub-center.
Schooner Chossi maru-8, along with other Japanese ships kept fishing in the Russian economic zone in accordance with intergovernmental agreements between Russia and Japan. What is the cause of flooding - is unknown, as rescue operation involved the Japanese fishermen. In this area in the past day and today holds good weather the storm there, Interfax reports.
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