A container carriage in Fujian waters lost fire, and all 19 trapped crews were rescued

The reporter learned from the East China Sea rescue situation of the Ministry of Transport that on the evening of September 4, at 130 kilometers northeast of Xiamen City, Fujian Province, the Chinese container ship "Zhongzhou Changhong" turbines suddenly fired. The East China Sea rescue situation immediately sent the East China Sea Second Rescue Flight Team to rescue the helicopter to dispatch the rescue task, and the other two professional rescue ships "Donghai rescue 116" and the "East China Sea Rescue 115" round went to reinforcement.

Affected by Typhoon No. 11 "Xuan Lannuo", the surge in the incident was up to 2 meters. In the case of dangerous ships, the cabin was caught fire, the host lost power, and the situation was critical. In order to ensure the fast rescue of the trapped crew, Dong Erfei assigned two rescue helicopters to dispatch the rescue at the same time.

Half an hour after take-off, the rescue helicopter B-7345 and B-7328 arrived at the scene, rescued 14 trapped crew members, of which 8 crew members were quickly transferred to nearby ships, and the remaining six crew members brought back to Xiamen Takasaki Airport. Five crew members at the scene still insisted on staying in the "Zhongzhou Changhong" wheel.

After the rescue ship arrived at the scene, the "East China Sea Salvation 116" round received eight rescued crew members and five remaining crew members received the rescue ship. Subsequently, the "East China Sea Salvation 115" and the "East China Sea Salvation 116" wheels carried out fire cooling and cooling to the cabin part of the dangerous ship.

As of now, 19 crew members have been rescued safely, and dangerous ships are still in rescue.

Source: CCTV News

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