![]() ![]() The vessel was carrying the minimum amount of fuel as it was being tugged by two craft,” said a spokesman for AMNGR. Three rescue craft, as well as helicopters, were sent to scour the waters for survivors from the rig owned by Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka (AMNGR), a unit of state-owned Zarubezhneft. The water temperature was one degree Celsius (33.8 Fahrenheit), giving survivors around 30 minutes before freezing to death, according to maritime and rescue websites. The rest of the crew were missing, 200 km (125 miles) off the coast of remote Sakhalin island. The depth of the water at the site is 1,042 metres (3,400 feet),” Russia’s federal water transport agency said on its website.įour of the survivors, suffering from hypothermia, were airlifted by helicopter to land and taken to hospital after the disaster struck at 12:45 p.m. They recovered four bodies from the water. Emergency officials said the crew of an icebreaker and tugboat rescued 14 workers alive from the jack-up rig, the ‘Kolskaya’, which was operated by a Russian offshore exploration firm.
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