According to experts, the ship was wrecked due to violations by the captain of navigation rules: the river-sea class dry cargo ship needed to wait out the storm in a calm bay.
Bad weather could have caused the collapse of the cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal in the Kerch Strait. The ship could split in two and sink if it ran into a large wave.
The rescue operation in the crash area is currently ongoing. Rescuers managed to pull five of the 12 crew members out of the water. The search for the others is complicated by strong waves and wind.
The cargo ship Heroes of the Arsenal, sailing from the city of Azov (Rostov region) to Turkey with a cargo of grain, crashed early in the morning in the Kerch Strait, 20 kilometers from the coast. The SOS signal from the ship was received at 03:54 Moscow time.
The ship split in two and sank. There were 12 crew members on board: two Russians, 9 Ukrainian citizens and one Georgian citizen. Eight ships and a helicopter were sent to the crash site at once. In total, 139 people are involved in the rescue operation.
According to preliminary data, only five sailors were saved, the rest are still listed as missing. The condition of one of the survivors is assessed as serious. He has severe frostbite: the water temperature in the strait is seven to eight degrees Celsius.
The search for the remaining team members is complicated by a force four storm and gusty winds of up to 20 meters per second.
The Investigative Committee has already opened a criminal case under the article “Violation of traffic safety rules.” Investigators now have to figure out what caused the crash.
According to experts interviewed by Life, the cause of the crash could have been bad weather conditions.
It is too early to talk about the reasons for the crash. But the fact that the ship split in two may indicate that it was caught in a large wave, the bow and stern sagged, and the ship fell apart, says Alexander Zaitsev, president of the Association of Ports and Shipowners of River Transport.
Chairman of the Russian Trade Union of Seafarers Igor Kovalchuk also agrees with him.
The fact is that the cargo ship Heroes of the Arsenal belongs to the river-sea type of ship, so when a storm occurred, the ship had to take shelter and not continue moving, Kovalchuk is sure.
According to him, with a storm at sea of 3-4 points - and this is precisely the strength of the wave on the Black Sea on the night of April 19, 2017 in the Kerch Strait area, where the tragedy occurred - the risk of a crash increased sharply.
It cannot be ruled out that during a storm, the cargo in the cargo ship’s holds shifted (according to preliminary data from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the ship was transporting grain) - and the ship with a displacement of 3.5 thousand tons split in two and sank, expert Igor Kovalchuk told Life. - The tragedy, most likely, could have been avoided if the captain of the dry cargo ship had followed the rules of navigation and, knowing about the upcoming storm of 3-4 points, would have gone into the nearest bay and waited out the elements.
Dozens of vessels from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are involved in the search for the crew.
According to information from the Russian Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory, the cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" sailed under the flag of Panama and belonged to the Turkish company Gunes shipping. The company owns 14 more dry cargo ships.
The sunken cargo ship was built in 1980 in the Slovak city of Komarno. The original name was "Volgo-Balt 224". Since 1988, it has been renamed Arsenal Heroes. The vessel has a length of 113.87 meters and a beam of 13.19 meters, with a gross tonnage of almost 2,500 tons. Previously, the owner of the vessel was the Ukrainian Ukrrichflot, but in 2013 the ship was taken over by the New York company Us Deepblue Shipping, which sold it to the Turkish Gunes shipping.
Experts have named the possible causes of the sinking of the cargo ship "Heroes of Arsenal" in the Black Sea. So far, only one sailor has been rescued, the fate of the remaining 11 is unknown, the work is complicated by the storm, reports the Republican Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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The President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, Doctor of Military Sciences, captain of the first rank of the reserve Konstantin Sivkov, on Sputnik radio, expressed the opinion that there could be several reasons for the crash of the dry cargo ship.
"One of the reasons may be technical, related to the condition of the hull. With a long wave, the hull can bend, which leads to the break of the ship. There is another option: if maneuvering on a large wave is not competent, if the ship goes lagging to the wave, that is, broadside, then it can capsize. But with seas of four points, this is irrelevant. Ships of this class, as a rule, have a seaworthiness of at least five points."
According to rescuers, the ship was heading from the Rostov region to Turkey with a cargo of grain. The cargo ship, owned by a Turkish company, broke into two parts during a strong storm and sank. Krasnodar rescuers are helping Crimean rescuers. 127 rescuers and 8 watercraft are searching for the vessel. The specialized rescue ship "Spasatel Demidov" arrived at the crash site. The work of the aviation of the SRC EMERCOM of Russia has been planned. The use of aviation will be carried out depending on weather conditions.
The Ka-32 helicopter of the Russian Ministry of Defense was involved in the rescue operation. According to the Crimean authorities, hospitals are ready to receive victims. Ambulance teams are already on duty on the shore.
Rescuers see people wearing life jackets; unfortunately, they cannot lift them on board the lifeboat. They are carried away from the ship by a strong wave. A lifeboat was discovered in the water area, in which the sailors most likely evacuated from the ship. It's upside down. There are no people around. A Ukrainian sailor named Chernenko, born in 1982, was brought on board the tanker that arrived at the crash site.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of the cargo ship crash under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and operation of railway, air, sea and inland water transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence). Rostrud will also check compliance with labor legislation in connection with the shipwreck.
Until 2013, the ship was operated by the commercial company Ukrrichflot, then it was sold to the Turkish company US Deepblue Shipping. Since February 2015, it has flown under the flag of Panama and the name "Geroi Arsenala".
The ship "Heroes of Arsenal" is a dry cargo ship of the "Volgo-Balt" type, project 2-95A/R. It was built in 1980 at the Slovenian Shipyard. For eight years after construction, the ship was based in Kaliningrad and was assigned to the North-Western River Shipping Company of the Ministry of River Fleet of the RSFSR.
In 1988, it was transferred to Kherson and transferred to the intersectoral state association "Ukrrichflot". Then the ship was named "Heroes of the Arsenal", in honor of the workers of the Kyiv plant "Arsenal" who staged an uprising against the Ukrainian Central Rada in January 1917.
Earlier, Pravda.Ru reported that the distress signal was from the cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal. At this moment, the ship was 27 kilometers from the coast of Crimea.
There were 12 people on board the cargo ship. These are nine Ukrainians, two Russians (including the captain) and a citizen of Georgia. In order to clarify the situation, a tug was sent to the crash site; due to unfavorable weather conditions - rough seas (waves up to three meters) and gusts of south-west wind up to 15 meters per second - the use of ships in the area of the preliminary crash is not possible.
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A ship carrying Ukrainians sank near Kerch, only one person survived. Experts: "The ship was worn out"
The cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" transported grain from Russia to Turkey
Yesterday at 4:00 in the Kerch Strait, where a force 7 storm was raging, the former Ukrainian and now Turkish cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal, loaded with grain, sank. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Among the 12 crew members there were 9 Ukrainians, one Georgians and two Russians. At the time of writing, only Ukrainian engine driver Konstantin Chernenko was saved, two died, the rest were considered missing. The most likely cause of the disaster is the deterioration of the vessel, which is more than 35 years old.
CATASTROPHE.
The disaster occurred 27 km south of the port of Taman. Before the crash, the Arsenal Heroes managed to send an SOS distress signal. According to the crew members of the Armada Navigator tanker, which was sailing nearby, the Heroes were broken in half by a gigantic wave reaching 5 meters in height. The ship drifted for some time, which allowed part of the crew to put on life jackets and leave board. Yesterday they were looking for them.
The operation is carried out by Russia. About 140 people, 17 pieces of equipment, including a Mi-8 helicopter and a Falcon-300 remote-controlled underwater vehicle, worked at the scene of the disaster. It is designed to carry out search work in coastal waters, is equipped with a color video camera, and can operate at depths of up to 300 m. The sea is heavily polluted by diesel fuel that spilled overboard, of which there were about 30 tons on board, so they were preparing to erect barriers to prevent its spread.
Nothing threatened the life of only the Ukrainian minder Konstantin Chernenko. He was miraculously lifted aboard the Armada Navigator. The 35-year-old sailor was hypothermic from being in cold water (+8 degrees), his condition is serious, but there is no danger to life. “From the helicopter they see four more in life jackets, but two show no signs of life. Due to strong seas, they cannot be lifted on board yet,” the operational duty officer of the Krasnodar Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation told us yesterday afternoon. By evening, information appeared that the bodies of two (according to other sources three) sailors (their names were not disclosed) had been lifted aboard the rescue vessel. The unfound crew members were declared missing. A lifeboat without people was also found.
"Today" found out the names of the crew members. These are citizens of the Russian Federation A. Vedernikov and D. Pateev, citizen of Georgia L. Kadzhaya, citizens of Ukraine Igor Glazko (captain), Alexander Bytsyura, Marina Svechkar, N. Ganchevsky, A. Goncharenko, Sergey Mesnyankin, A. Pantyukhov, D. Sinyuk. The only woman among the crew is Marina Svechkar, a native of the Odessa region; she worked as a cook on the dry cargo ship.
“As for captain Igor Glazko, we know that he is a native of the Donetsk region,” Russian rescuers told us. As we found out, there were sailors on the ship originally from the Kherson region. In Kherson, we found the relatives of one of the missing sailors, Alexander Bytsyura. His mother Galina told us in an alarmed voice that, as of yesterday evening, none of the diplomats had informed them about the fate of her son. In Donbass we found Sergei Mesnyankin’s wife, Yulia Samotkanova. According to her, none of the officials notified her of anything, so she is anxiously awaiting news about her husband.
Doctors believe that there is little chance of saving anyone else. “At a temperature of +8, a person can live in water for up to 20 minutes, then the heart will stop from hypothermia. A standard vest does not protect against the cold,” Eduard Mikhailov, a general practitioner of the highest category, explained to us.
WAS TWO TERMS.
The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Krasnodar Territory informed us that the dry cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" was built in 1980 in Slovenia according to a standard design. Its length is 114 m, width 13 m. The last Ukrainian port of registry is Kherson, from where the ship was sold to a Turkish company in 2013. Since 2015, it has flown under the flag of Panama. "Arsenal Heroes" traveled along the route Hereke (Turkey) - Azov (Russian Federation) - Rostov-on-Don (Russian Federation) - Poti (Georgia) - Azov.
As shipbuilding specialist Viktor Lisitsky told us, such a ship is considered small, so a force 7 storm (waves 3-5 m) is dangerous for it, even if everything on board is in good order. In his opinion, there are two possible causes of the disaster - wear and tear of the vessel and the displacement of the cargo to one side due to pitching. “The service life of such ships is 15 years, that is, it lasted 2.5 terms,” says Lisitsky. “And given the information from RosMChS that the hull was broken across, it was clearly rusted. This could have happened from the shock of waves when the “Arsenal Heroes” "was turned sideways by the wind towards the wave, as the ship became uncontrollable due to stalled engines."
We responded to the tragedy at the ship's operating company. “Now the main thing is to save people, to complete the rescue operation. According to preliminary data, this could have happened due to bad weather conditions. Any ship can sink under certain conditions, it does not always depend on its condition. The ship was in good condition and insured,” - Selcuk Esenyel, a lawyer for the Turkish Gunes shipping, told reporters.
NewsIn the Black Sea, near the Kerch crossing, the cargo ship Heroes of the Arsenal, flying under the flag of Panama from Azov to Turkey with a cargo of grain, crashed.
This was reported by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for Crimea.
“On April 19, 2017, the ship “Heroes of Arsenal” crashed in the Black Sea,” the department said in a statement.
The Russian vessels “Bishop”, “Armada Navigator”, “Barnet”, “Aigas” and “Aelos”, which were in the area, were sent to the rescue operation area. The rescue ship "Demidov" also joined the search.
“At 06:20 he arrived in the search area from the port of Kerch. A rescue helicopter took off from Rostov-on-Don to conduct a search and rescue operation,” the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
The department noted that the search is complicated by a storm - southwest wind up to 20 m/s, sea state up to four points. The day before, a storm warning was issued in the region. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the SOS signal from the captain of the ship was received on Wednesday at about 03:54 Moscow time.
“Preliminarily, the cargo ship could have had comments regarding its technical condition, however, this cannot be stated unequivocally. All documents will be checked,” said a source in the international maritime search and rescue services.
The official representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Krasnodar Territory, Nikita Gavrilyak, said that almost 130 people, 16 pieces of equipment and eight watercraft were involved in the search for the vessel.
According to the head of the press service of the Crimean department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Ivanov, one of the twelve crew members of the Heroes of the Arsenal vessel was brought on board in a state of severe hypothermia, and visual contact was established with another four.
“Rescuers see people wearing life jackets, unfortunately they cannot lift them on board the lifeboat. They are carried away from the ship by a strong wave. Their condition is still unclear,” Ivanov said.
He also clarified the citizenship of 12 crew members: 9 citizens of Ukraine, 2 of the Russian Federation and one of Georgia.
A source in the international maritime search and rescue services said that “preliminarily, according to the crew’s report, they encountered a strong storm during the shipwreck. The crew was unable to cope with the elements, and the ship sank.”
“Due to a strong storm, a dry cargo ship with a displacement of 3.5 thousand tons split in two and sank,” the press service of Rosmorrechflot said.
As of 9:00, three of the 12 crew members of the sunken ship were rescued, said the official representative of the Southern Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
“According to investigators who are in the area of the crash, rescuers were able to pull three sailors out of the water, information about the remaining crew members is being clarified,” he said.
In connection with the crash of the dry cargo ship, a case was opened under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and operation of railway, air, sea and inland water transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence).
