Greece says 88 people on board Russia Navy SOS vessel

18/02/2008 15:28 ATHENS, February 18 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Navy vessel which earlier sent a call of distress from the Aegean Sea has 88 crew members on board, a spokesman for the Greek Mercantile Marine Ministry said on Monday.

"It has been confirmed that it is a Russian Navy vessel. It has 88 people on board," the spokesman said, adding that a relief operation was underway.

The distress call came at 8:36 a.m. GMT.

He also said that according to preliminary information no one on board the vessel was injured. The cause of the SOS signal may have been, he added, a possible mechanical failure. The boat is drifting about 13 nautical miles off the coast of Ikaria.

"The vessel needs to be towed away to the nearest port to fix a [possible] technical failure. We will need a large towboat for this," the spokesman said, adding that currently two Super Puma helicopters and a military C-130 aircraft of Greek Air Force were working at the scene and a Greek Navy frigate was on its way.

Captain First Rank Igor Dygalo, a spokesman for the Russian Navy, said that the vessel in distress was a floating repair workshop and had no weapons on board.


Uf ala ce neko da dobije packe za ovo, brod koji treba da vrsi popravke na moru, nije mogao da popravi kvar na sopstvenom pogonu 

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