Taiwan fishing boat Indian Ocean lost 16 crew members whereabouts are unknown

The Fisheries Department of the Taiwan Agricultural Committee confirmed that Kaohsiung's "Lianli" fishing boat (CT4-2896) lost contact during the Indian Public Sea operation, and has sought to help search and rescue in this sea area. At the same time, coordinates in the nearby sea areasTaiwanese vessels in the homework are close to the nearby.There are 16 crew members on board, and the whereabouts are unknown.

According to the United Daily report, this is the second fishing boat in Taiwan for a loss within a week.The friendship ship went to the seas of the crime to support, but there was no further news at present.

The Fisheries Department stated that the Fisheries Administration of the Fisheries Department of the Fisheries Department received a notification from the family members of the "Union" ships on Thursday (February 23) that from February 21, it will not be able to get in touch with the "joint" ship.The Fisheries Department immediately invited the Taiwan Foreign Ministry and the Search and Rescue Command Center to seek to help search for the neighboring countries in this waters. The Fisheries Department and at the same time coordinated seven Taiwanese fishing vessels near the lost seas to find.

The Fisheries Department introduced that the "joint" ship was 29.70 meters in length; the tonnage of the ship was 98 tons, and 16 crew members were planned on the ship, which were 1 Taiwanese crew and 15 Indonesian crew members.

The Fisheries Department said that the "Lian" ship went out of the port of Lusi Louchi from Loshi Louzi Port in Taiwan time in Taiwan time.The "United" ship was reproduced at the sea, but at noon that day, the family members of the ship contacted the Fisheries Department again, saying that the ship was out of contact.

The Fisheries Department further verified that the "joint" ship's ship position reward (VMS) automatically returned to 12:00 on February 19, and continued from the ship to return to the ship position in writing to 00:00 on February 22, but until 0th, but until 0thOn the 23rd, the family members of the ship reported to the Fisheries Department to lose contact with the "joint" ship.Assist the most in time.