"The whole ship was icy." Trower "Onega" overturned in the Barents Sea

The fishing vessel "Onega" sank in the Barents Sea water area near the New Earth of the Arkhangelsk region on the morning of December 28. There were 19 people on the trawler, it is known that it was possible to save two crew members, one died, the search for 16 people conducts the Voikovo ship. According to preliminary information, icing after a strong wave was the cause of the flooding accident. The editors of the North. Realia collected all the relevant information about what happened.

The distress signal from the vessel "Onega" was recorded at 04:08 in the morning of Moscow time on December 28 at the Voikovo SRTM. According to the captain of Voikovo Dmitry Ermakov, at 04:12 the ship disappeared from the navigation systems, at the same time, the on -board lights "Onega" disappeared. Information on flooding of the vessel "Onega" entered the Ministry of Emergencies 07:30 in Moscow. Then, five more ships came to the aid of Voikovo in search of the crew.

"According to Ermakov, due to strong storm and low temperature (–15 ° C) there was an active icing." Voikovo "immediately went to the place of disaster, where the Onega was raised on board the crew. According to Captain Ermakov, there are no traces of frostbite, but they are in a shock state," - - - - - - - - - - - - The press service of the Federal Agency for Roster.

Two saved crew members are the 40-year-old second assistant captain Vladislav Butorin and the 30-year-old sailor Ruslan Katyukhin .

The father of Vladislav Butorin Grigory told the editorial office of the North. Reali that his son has been working at sea for 10 years, he did not know the details of what happened, and the last time he contacted his son December 14 before he went on a flight.

“I know that he is alive, well,“ and thank God, ”said Grigory Butorin .

The wife of the rescued assistant captain Irina Butorina refused to communicate with reporters, with the words: "Alive! And this is the most important thing. I ask you not to disturb me now."

"Now is not the time." Relatives about the tragedy

According to preliminary information, out of 19 crew members, 16 people from the Murmansk region, three more from Arkhangelsk, the Kursk region, the Rostov region.

"They included Mohamed Bari , a native of Sierra Leone, a graduate of the Murmansk sailor, married Murmansk, stayed in Russia," the press service of the Murmansk Sea Fish Port said.

For relatives of the missing fishermen, a hot line was opened: psychologists work with them. According to the captain of the seaport of the seaport of Murmansk Eduard Bezukladov , there are no details about the course of the rescue operation yet, there is a process of collecting information. Two surviving fishermen will be able to tell about what happened as soon as they get to Murmansk.

“The issue of transferring them to the port of Murmansk is being resolved, I think they will clarify some information as witnesses,” said Bezudzdov North. Realia. - At the moment, there is a search operation, while it is coming, there is a chance. We work out the question of how much it should last when the moment can come and hope for salvation will be lost.

The wife of the 51-year-old senior master of prey, Igor Bondarenko, Alena wrote to the North. Real correspondent: "I have a lot of information. But now is not the time." Earlier in the group of VK Murmansk, she left a comment under the news of the tragedy.

A friend of one of the sailors on the "Onega" of 56-year-old Vladimir Kashirin Pavel Melnikov told Mash that Vladimir went to sea instead of a sick crew member. According to Melnikov, he consulted with his friend - to agree to work or sit on the shore so far. One of the sailors "Onega" fell ill, Vladimir stood in his place. This was his first exit to the sea, earlier he was engaged in catching crabs, but because of the problems with documents he lost his job.

Versions of what happened

The reason for the death of the Onega trawler could be neglected by safety precautions in combination with poor weather, Rosrybolovstvo reports based on the results of a preliminary analysis of the situation.

The North-Western prosecutor's office in transport began a check on the fact of flooding "Onega". The Arkhangelsk department of the North-Western Investigation Department in transport of the SK opened a criminal case on violation of the safety rules of traffic and the operation of sea and domestic water transport.

- The ship sank, and it was not known in what state it was in a glance or not icy, while these are the working versions, since there are low temperatures, it was a high probability that it was icing, how critical it was for the vessel and whether we could not say. We will collect all the forecasts and information of the courts that work in that area, we will take information about their condition, ”said the captain of the seaport of Murmansk Eduard Bezudzdov.

According to the captain of the first rank Vladimir Gundarov, who served in the Northern Fleet, the cause of shipwreck could be the overload of the vessel and icing.

"It does not depend on the forecast of the weather. The main thing is that in the winter the sea is soaring in this area, that is, in severe frost, steam rises from the surface of the water. Humidity is high. Metal structures on the deck, side, rigging - everything is quickly icing. That is, the weight of the vessel is growing rapidly, the sediment of the vessel increases. Usually the first task of the crew is to arm with crowbar, axes, and rocking from the deck and the deck and the deck from the deck and the deck. Throw it into the sea.

The version of the quick icing of the vessel is agreed by the chairman of the Union of Fisheries Karelia Ilya Rakovsky. According to him, there is a certain regulation and sequence of actions of the crew’s conduct, which must be performed when icing the vessel body.

-Unfortunately, either this was not done, or something happened-I have no details, what happened to the ship. This is, in principle, a problem that happens with the courts: water in the sea enters the metal parts of the vessel case. Under certain weather conditions, ice is formed - from this you can not be saved. The ship can walk under such conditions, but this is a matter of icing. Starting from a certain level, the ice should be abandoned. The crew has certain instructions on this subject depending on the size of the vessel, ”said Rakovsky. - Ice is weight. It turns out that a certain geometry of the vessel body and stability are violated. The ice that accumulates on the case, it makes the advantage on one side or on the other, on the nose or at the stern. Depending on which point the load is on it, the ship becomes vulnerable to it. When impacting the wave, this point is a heavier weight than should be when designing an initial vessel. Accordingly, it can either dive, or, conversely, rise.

- Everyone who works in the northern latitudes is faced with icing. Fresh weather, minus temperature, strong wind - all this leads to ice. The ice accumulates, as a rule, on the deck of the tank ( the front of the deck. - cf.), on leirah ( cables. - cf. ), on the superstructure of the vessel. It is necessary to abandon the ice, otherwise stability is violated, the ship will be inclined to overturning, which, in fact, most likely happened, - expressed the north. Reali from the incident of what happened, the fisherman from Murmansk Anatoly.

Ship "Onega"

"Onega" - a fishing ship launched in 1979, holds over 350 tons of cargo. Walks under the Russian flag. According to Marinetraffic, on December 14, the ship last entered the Norwegian port of Kirkenes, in Murmansk it was December 11. Now the trawler belongs to the Kalinin collective farm, until August he was assigned to the private company RPF Option.

According to the director of the Cooperative "The Fisherman Kalinin, M.I. Kalinin" Andrei Zaiki , the ship was completely regular, the maintenance was carried out on time and in full.

Onega was also informed about the technical condition of the trawler in the North Sea Tero Breece of Rosrybolovstvo: it corresponded to the conditions of swimming in the autumn-winter period. The last examination was in October 2020 at the port of Arkhangelsk.

In an interview with the Daily Storm, Andrei Zaika said that the ship that sank in the Barents Sea had never previously caused complaints from a technical point of view. He also said that the relatives of all the dead fishermen, as well as saved sailors, will be paid compensation.

"We plan to organize payments. It is still unknown on the amounts. I can’t say that there is no chance of finding someone left," Zaika said.

The press service of the Murmansk Sea Fish Port recalled that 25 years ago, on December 26, 1995, a trawler "Novgorodets" turned over in the Norwegian Sea. Then 10 crew members were killed. The situation was similar to today: “Late, they noticed the roll of the vessel, late began to chop the ice,” they wrote in MMRP.

On December 29, residents of Murmansk are going to hold a rally of memory for the dead fishermen. Users of social networks urge everyone to come at 14.00 by lower growth to put wreaths in the bay.