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Rescue team hears noises possibly from missing crew on ship capsized off Georgia Four crew missing on capsized Georgia ship are alive, rescuers confirm
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A rescue team has heard noises from inside a cargo ship where four crew members are missing after their huge vessel overturned and caught fire, but the flames and smoke have so far prevented the rescuers from safely penetrating the unstable vessel, the US Coast Guard said Monday. After drilling a hole through the hull of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire off the Georgia coast, rescuers confirmed that all four missing crew members were alive.
“They heard noises, but we can’t confirm that it’s signs of life,” PO third class Ryan Dickinson told the Associated Press on Monday morning. “We can’t confirm that without going in and looking, but they did hear sounds.”
A Coast Guard helicopter was able to land on the side of the ship Monday as part of the rescue effort.
The Golden Ray listed heavily and then rolled over on its side early Sunday in St Simons Sound as it left the Port of Brunswick with a pilot and 23 crew members, bound for Baltimore with a load of cars.The Golden Ray listed heavily and then rolled over on its side early Sunday in St Simons Sound as it left the Port of Brunswick with a pilot and 23 crew members, bound for Baltimore with a load of cars.
Coast Guard Capt John Reed said 20 were safely evacuated from the ship before rescuers determined the smoke and flames and unstable cargo made it too risky to venture further inside. The 656ft (200-meter) vehicle carrier is now stuck in the shipping channel, its hull exposed and its deck empty, in view of beachgoers on the shoreline. Coast Guard Capt John Reed said 20 were safely evacuated before rescuers determined the smoke and flames and unstable cargo made it too risky to venture further inside. The 656ft (200-meter) vehicle carrier is now stuck in the shipping channel, its hull exposed and its deck empty, in view of beachgoers on the shoreline.
Dickinson sought Monday to clarify comments Coast Guard station Brunwick commander Justin Irwin made to The Brunswick News on Sunday. Irwin said they heard tapping from locations coming from inside the vessel, and that Coast Guard members were tapping back on the Golden Ray’s hull to let them know they are not forgotten. A Coast Guard helicopter was able to land on the side of the ship on Monday as part of the rescue effort. A rescue team heard noises from inside, the US Coast Guard said.
“We don’t know if it is all four of them, but there has to be something in there tapping back at us,” Irwin said then. “We are going to go at it tomorrow and try to find them.” Rescued crew members had been helping the US coast guard focus the search for their four missing mates.
Dickinson said the Brunswick commander “has a positive mindset, which is something we all have”. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Coast Guard PO third class Ryan Dickinson told the Associated Press on Monday morning it isn’t clear if weather conditions caused the ship to lurch. Hurricane Dorian was already well beyond the Georgia coast, where it blew past last week before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.
Rescued crew members have been helping the Coast Guard focus the search for their four missing mates, he added. The coast guard said the overturned ship hasn’t released any pollutants so far, but mitigation responses are ready in case they’re needed.
“It is our understanding that they are inside the vessel. We’ve had crews talking with the crew of the Golden Ray, trying to hone on in the best place to search,” Dickinson said.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Dickinson said it isn’t clear if weather conditions caused the ship to lurch. Hurricane Dorian was already well beyond the Georgia coast, where it blew past last week before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.
The Coast Guard said the overturned ship hasn’t released any pollutants so far, but mitigation responses are ready in case they’re needed.
The Golden Ray is flagged out of the Marshall Islands and was headed to Baltimore, according to the website vesselfinder.com. The ship’s registered owner is Hyundai Glovis, a South Korean company.The Golden Ray is flagged out of the Marshall Islands and was headed to Baltimore, according to the website vesselfinder.com. The ship’s registered owner is Hyundai Glovis, a South Korean company.
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