Photos of the Wreck of the “Volgo-Balt-214”: the rescued sailors returned from Turkey to Odessa
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Sailors about four hours spent in the icy water
12.01.19 97000
Seven Ukrainian sailors from the cargo ship “Volgo-Balt-214”, which sank in the Black sea near the coast of Turkey, flew from Istanbul to Odessa. About it reports UKRINFORM.
At the international airport “Odessa” sailors were met by relatives and friends, as well as representatives of the Ministry of foreign Affairs and the charitable Foundation.
Arrived sailors Eugene Ilchenko, Denis jump, Stanislav Shevchuk, Pavel Melnichenko, Oleg Gerashchenko, Eugene Yatsenko and Kok Tetyana Budko has not yet commented on the circumstances of the crash of the ship.
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“I had to spend about four hours in the icy water until the wreck of the ship arrived helicopters of the Turkish rescuers. By the time nearly half the crew died,” – said Yatsenko.
Among the victims were 37-year-old starmeh Dmitry Crepes. The body of another inhabitant of Odessa region – electrician, Vladimir ovdiyenko – not found. Was also killed citizens of Ukraine Rostislav vyazivsky and Ruslan Budnik and two citizens of Azerbaijan.
Earlier it was reported that the Black sea was wrecked ship “Volgo-Balt-214”, marching under the flag of Panama. He came from the Russian port of Azov and was headed in the Turkish Samsun. The ship broke in half. Ukraine’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Sibiga said that the crash of the ship, six people were killed, among them four Ukrainians.
Turkish police opened the case because of the wreck of the vessel off the coast of Turkey, which killed four Ukrainians.