Rescue workers and military personnel have recovered the crew of a fishing vessel that caught fire in waters northeast of Taiwan proper on Thursday.
Photo courtesy of the National Airborne Service Corps
The crew of Suao-registered fishing vessel Shun Fu Yu No. 83 (順福漁83號) abandoned ship early Thursday morning after the vessel caught fire 180 nautical miles northeast of Taiwan proper.
Photo: Yu Chao-fu, Taipei Times
After receiving a report about the fire, the National Airborne Service Corps dispatched Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin no. NA109 from Taipei International Airport (Songshan Airport) at 7:50am, and found the vessel’s six crew members in a lifeboat in waters near the abandoned vessel at 8:53am.
The rescue workers recovered two of the vessel’s crew members from the lifeboat at 9:16am, and the Air Force dispatched Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk no. C-493 to rescue the remaining four crew members.
The Shun Fu Yu No. 83 made headlines on Tuesday last week when it spotted a carrier group led by Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning near the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), as the carrier group passed through the Miyako Strait toward the Pacific Ocean.
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