A Russian Su-24 buzzes the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on April 12, 2016. Multiple Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. destroyer patrolling in the Black Sea last week, in an incident the captain of the American ship called “unsafe,” the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Category: Boat Disaster
Handling of Thorco Crown distress prevented disaster: Coast Guard commissioner
Team work by search and rescue, environmental response and marine communications and traffic services prevented a disaster in challenging conditions, Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner, Jody Thomas said today in reference to a disabled vessel adrift off the southwest coast of Newfoundland and Labrador last week. On Feb. 7, the MV Thorco Crown, a merchant cargo ship with 13 people aboard, experienced a fire in its engine room.
New Indonesia tsunami network could add crucial minutes
Indonesia’s tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientists say they’ve developed a way to dispense with the expensive buoys and possibly add crucial extra minutes of warning for vulnerable coastal cities.
Malaysia capsize survivor tells of hanging on to friend’s body
Police coast guards escort a Chinese tourist rescued after the boat sank off the coast of Borneo, at a port in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Photo: Reuters Chinese tourist Fan Li Xia and other passengers held on to the body of a dead friend for as long as they could as they trod water after a catamaran capsized in the cold waters of the South China Sea.
Sabah boat mishap: China satisfied with rescue efforts
Chen with Pang speak to the media after a press conference on Sunday over the boat mishap. – Bernama pic KOTA KINABALU: China’s Consul-General in Sabah Chen Peijie has expressed satisfaction with search and rescue efforts following the capsize of a boat carrying Chinese tourists off Sabah on Saturday.
6 Chinese tourists missing after boat sinks off Malaysia
Three people died, six are missing and nearly two dozen were rescued after a catamaran carrying Chinese tourists sank in Malaysian waters, officials said Sunday. The boat carried 31 people, including 28 tourists from China, and was sailing Saturday from Kota Kinabalu to Pulau Mengalum, a popular tourist island, some 37 miles west to Kota Kinabalu, according to the Chinese consulate in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.
Canadians holding dual citizenship with countries targeted by immigration ban can’t enter U.S.
Zawenawedian Dawdian, 2, was one of a group of sponsored Syrian refugees who arrived in Toronto yesterday gathered at the Armenian Cultural Centre where they were paired up with their sponsored families on Wednesday December 16, 2015. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets 16-month-old Madeleine Jamkossian, right, and her father Kevork Jamkossian, refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war, during their arrival at Pearson International airport, in Toronto, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.
The Latest: Relatives unhappy Flight 370 plane search ends
In this March 22, 2014, file photo, Flight Officer Jack Chen uses binoculars at an observers window on a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Southern Indian Ocean, Australia. The Joint Agency Coordination Center in Australia said Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 that the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had officially been suspended after crews finished their fruitless sweep of the 120,000-square kilometer search zone west of Australia.
Teen sailor suffers head injury after falling out of capsized dinghy
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy who had fallen out of a capsized dinghy and hit his head was saved by rescuers yesterday. Volunteer lifeboat crews from Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service were returning from an exercise in Cowes when they were flagged down by a passing sailor.
Commentary: Migration threatens global disaster
Just in case you are wondering what the most serious question of the New Year will be, you might well start by thinking about Russia’s evil power plays, about the vulgar leaders who seem to be popping up everywhere, or about the rise of the oceans that, until now, have always protected America. All good guesses, but I will guess that you would be wrong.
Salim Mehajer to return to politics to do what he loves most – ‘help others’
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Did a coal fire sink the Titanic?
Did an intense fire on board R.M.S. Titanic lead to one of the worst disaster’s in maritime history? A new documentary by author and journalist Senan Molony suggests the emergence of pictures hidden in a forgotten album for a century prove that the supposedly unsinkable passenger ship was weakened by a smoldering coal fire even before it left on its catastrophic maiden voyage. Titanic, which at the time of its sinking in 1912 was the biggest ship afloat, hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic on the night of April 14 and went down with the loss of about 1,500 lives.
23 dead after ferry catches fire near Indonesiaa s capital
At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire Sunday off the coast of Indonesia’s capital, officials said. The vessel was carrying more than 230 people from Jakarta’s port of Muara Angke to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu chain, when it caught fire, officials said.
Russian plane crash probe rules out explosion
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 photo provided by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, ministry employees on boats search for fragments of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia.
Philippines Hunts for Crew of Ship Sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten; AIR Comments
The Philippine coast guard pressed its search Tuesday for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which struck the country on Christmas Day. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said 14 other crewmen have been rescued and one died after the M/V Starlite Atlantic sank off Mabini town in Batangas province, where the powerful typhoon passed Monday on its way out of the country into the South China Sea.
Philippines Hunts for Crew of Ship Sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten; AIR Comments
The Philippine coast guard pressed its search Tuesday for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which struck the country on Christmas Day. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said 14 other crewmen have been rescued and one died after the M/V Starlite Atlantic sank off Mabini town in Batangas province, where the powerful typhoon passed Monday on its way out of the country into the South China Sea.
Samples taken from tank that fueled Russia plane
The ministry employees lift a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia. Rescue workers on Tuesday, Dec. 27, found a flight recorder from the Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea over the weekend, the defense ministry said.
Typhoon kills 6, spoils Christmas festivities in Philippines
A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000 people abandoned celebrations at home to reach emergency shelters and other safer grounds. Typhoon Nock-Ten cut power to five entire provinces due to toppled electric posts and trees, dimming Christmas revelries in Asia’s largest Catholic nation.
Russia Mounts Massive Search for Victims of Crashed Plane
A Russian search and recovery operation is continuing around the clock in the Black Sea where a military passenger plane crashed Sunday, killing all 92 people on board. Forty-five ships and 135 divers from across Russia found parts of the jet about 1.5 kilometers from shore and 25 meters under the sea Monday, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported.
Norwegian at 50: How the pioneer of modern cruising became an underdog a ” and now a leader again
A February 1984 Miami Herald file photo of Norwegian Caribbean Lines’ cruise ship Norway docked at Dodge Island. A Miami Herald file photo of Norwegian Caribbean Lines’ cruise ship Norway docked at Dodge Island.
Regional Storm Update: Schools, roads, hockey cancelled: ‘It’s a corker’
Atlantic Canadians like newspaper publisher Paul MacNeill were hunkering down at home on Friday as a storm shut large parts of the region down. HALIFAX – Atlantic Canadians like newspaper publisher Paul MacNeill were hunkering down at home on Friday as a storm shut large parts of the region down.