Seven Azerbaijanis on board of sunken trawler in Sea of Okhotsk

/By AzerNews/

By Laman Sadigova

The trawler "Far East" sank in the Okhotsk Sea in the 300 km from Magadan on April 2. 132 people were on the board at the time.

Seven Azerbaijanis were on board, according to news report, all of them Russian citizens.
There is no information about their condition yet.

117 of the 132 people on board were raised out of the water (54 of them are dead). The fate of 15 fishermen remains unknown.

Criminal proceedings were initiated under the article "violation of safety rules and operation of maritime transport, resulting to the death of two or more persons."

The company-owner "Magellan "began an internal audit.