TOKYO: One of the ship’s engines failed before the storm surged and overturned. Japanese Coast Guard rescues man According to the details, the ship carrying 6,000 cattle from New Zealand sank due to a typhoon in the East China Sea, as a result of which more than 40 crew members went missing.
According to foreign media reports, the Japanese Coast Guard said that so far one crew member from the Gulf Livestock One has been rescued. He said that 3 boats, 4 ships and 2 divers have taken part in the rescue operation. According to the news agency, a ship carrying 6,000 cattle from the west of Emami Oshima Island in southwestern Japan had sent a disturbing call.
At that time, a hurricane named Mesak hit the area with strong winds. A 45-year-old Philippine chief of staff, Sarino Eduardo, was rescued Wednesday night, a Coast Guard official said. And until yesterday, he was the only person who survived the crash. The bodies of some cattle have also been exhumed, he added. Of the 43 staff members, 39 were from the Philippines, two from New Zealand and two from Australia.
A Coast Guard spokesman said that according to Sarino Eduardo, one of the ship’s engines had failed before the storm surged and overturned. When the plane sank, crew were instructed to put on life jackets. Sarino Eduardo told Coast he had jumped into the water and had seen another crew member before being rescued. Photographs provided by the Coast Guard show a man in a life jacket being pulled out of the beach in the dark.
The Philippine government has said it is cooperating with the Japanese Coast Guard in finding personnel. According to media reports, Typhoon Mesak hit South Korea yesterday and two people were killed in the southern city of Bosan as a result of strong winds. Another hurricane is forming in southern Japan, which is expected to hit the Korean coast on September 6 or 7.
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Gulf Livestock One left Napier in New Zealand on August 14 with a cargo of 5,867 cattle for the Chinese port of Tangshan, Jangtang. The trip was expected to be completed in about 17 days, he said.
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