4 Pinoy seafarers rescued from sunken ship, captain missing —PCG

4 Pinoy seafarers rescued from sunken ship, captain missing —PCG
DENNIS GABRIEL ALIPIO December 21, 2019 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/719822/4-pinoy-seafarers-re...

Seafarers from a passing ship rescued four Filipino crew members of a cargo vessel that sank last Thursday off Calayan Island in Cagayan Valley region in the northernmost part of Luzon.
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Rescuers identified the seamen as Rene Fernandez, Ryan Parungao, Raymond Cotiangco, and Arnold Española. But ship captain Charlemagne Tambago has remained missing, said Philippine Coast Guard personnel who picked up the four distressed seamen.

Citing incident information, the Ilocos Norte PCG station commander said the cargo vessel capsized due to rough seas, 56 nautical miles from Calayan Island last December 19 at about 11 a.m.

Rescued crewmen said the ship captain was able to issue an "abandon ship" call, prompting them to jump ship. But they said they had lost sight of him until crew members of a passing ship came and saved them.

Also, they said they had been drifting for four hours before M.V. Fomento II, enroute to China from Singapore, passed by the area.

After the rescue, MV Fometo II captain contacted the PCG station in Currimao, which sent a boat to fetch the distressed Pinoy seamen, who are now undergoing medical checkup.

The ill-fated cargo ship was on its way to Cebu from South Korea, loaded with two backhoes, when it capsized. —LBG, GMA News