Searching for 8 missing crew members on fishing boat in Gia Lai

On the evening of September 29, the Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee sent a document to the authorities requesting urgent support and search for the fishing boat BD 972578 TS that lost contact.

Accordingly, to urgently overcome the consequences of storm No. 10 and floods, the Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee requested the Provincial Military Command (Standing Agency of the Provincial Civil Defense Command) to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the People's Committee of Hoai Nhon Dong Ward and the family of the owner of the ship BD 97258 TS to urgently notify and call on the ships: BD 96433 TS, BD 95414 TS, BD 96337 TS, BD 97397 TS and other fleet ships operating near the area where ship BD 972578 was in distress to assist and search for the missing fishing boat.

Ham Tu wharf, Gia Lai province where some fishing boats are anchored.

At the same time, the Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee also requested heads of relevant agencies and units to regularly report results to the Provincial People's Committee before 2:30 p.m. every day until results are available.

The BD 97258 TS vessel, owned and captained by Mr. Huynh Van Son (born in 1981), went out to sea to catch tuna. While the vessel was operating in the sea about 147 nautical miles southeast of Quy Nhon ward, Gia Lai province, the voyage monitoring device lost connection and the fishing vessel lost contact with its family. At that time, there were 8 people on board.

At 8:45 p.m. on September 28, the family of the owner of the ship BD 97258 TS went to Tam Quan Nam Border Guard Station to report the incident. Up to now, the family and related units have not been able to contact the ship BD 97258 TS.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Xa-hoi/tim-kiem-8-thuyen-vien-mat-tich-tren-tau-ca-o-gia-lai--i782979/