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Car Carrier Cougar Ace sinking outside Alaska
Tomas Pinas:
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article1398526.ece
Timsen:
Photos and a video of the sinking ship can be seen on
http://www.uscgalaska.com/go/doc/780/125809/
frederik:
Associated Press (AP) reports that all 23 crew members are rescued and under way to Adak Island in the Aleutians, 230 miles north of the Cougar Ace.
All crew members were rescued with 2 National Guard Pave Hawk helicopters and a Coast Guard helicopter. The rescue was conducted in "very challenging weather". There were 10-foot seas whipping the ship, wich was listed nearly on its side.
The Cougar Ace began listing in the turbulent Pacific Ocean late Sunday night, when the crew sent out an SOS. It is not yet known what had caused the ship to list. Its crew didn't know where the water came into the vessel.
greetz,
frederik
Keith Denholm:
Our Ikan Juara has been on standby next to the Cougar Ace and will post some of the pics which the master sent in to the office
rd77:
what I find so strange is that, despite that the vessel is lying on her side, she does not seem to be taking a lot of water. Is she loaded or empty?
Brgds.
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