
Two sailors in the wetsuits found aviators on Monday in the area of searches of sunken ships "Aros" and West. The Mi-8 helicopter flew to the point where they were discovered, the Ministry of Emergencies reported.
However, the helicopter could not find their bodies. According to the operational duty of the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, weather conditions and pitch darkness over the area of the incident prevented operations on raising from the water of dead people.
The helicopter returns from the sea to its coastal base. According to the plans of the rescuers, the Mi-8 helicopter was supposed to raise the dead and deliver them to the find. So far, it was not possible to do this.
The fate of another 30 sailors is still not known. On Sunday, rescuers were not able to find any traces of the missing sailors from the ships of the Aros and West ships sample off the coast of Primorye.
The search operation involves the vessels of the Primorsky and Far Eastern seasmering. Currently, the search for the missing 32 members of the crews of the West and Arsos are strengthened by the rescue vessels Lazurit and Yuri Orlenko from Vladivostok. According to the Vladivostok rescue and coordination center, dozens of motor ships passing through the alarming area also participated in the search today.
According to rescuers, there are practically no chances to find alive sailors, reports ITAR-TASS.
Recall that the motor ships of Aros and West with Russian crews with cargoes of coal and forest sank on November 2 during a strong storm off the coast of Primorye.
Both vessels were sent from the find to Japan with coal and forest. The crew "Vesta", floating under the flag of Mongolia, consisted of 27 Russian sailors. Only two of them were saved, the rest are considered missing. The Arsa dry cargo ship swam under the flag of Cambodia, the crew of the vessel consisted of 15 citizens of Russia. Seven of them were saved, one died, seven are also considered missing.