Cargo ship Jia De (Photo: vesseltracker.com)Tokyo (VNA) – Nguyen Van Tri, one of the two Vietnamese sailorsworking onboard a Panama-flagged cargo ship that sank on October 12, 2019 inTokyo Bay of Japan, was found dead inside the vessel.
The victim’s wife, Huong Thao, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)that the ship owner informed the company that sent her husband to work on the shipJia De about the finding on February 14.
However, the Japanese side just confirmed the information after conductingADN tests more than one week later, the wife said, adding that she iscompleting necessary procedures to bring her husband’s ashes home, scheduled forMarch 5.
Tri’s Vietnamese crewmate, Pham Van Duc, had been rescued by theJapan Coast Guard (JCG).
The sailors were among the 12-member crew of the 1,925-tonne ship thatsunk while anchoring in the bay as typhoon Hagibis approached. The othersailors included three from Myanmar and seven from China.
Apart from Duc, two Myanmar and one Chinese people were rescued bythe JCG while the remaining eight sailors were confirmed dead./.
The victim’s wife, Huong Thao, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)that the ship owner informed the company that sent her husband to work on the shipJia De about the finding on February 14.
However, the Japanese side just confirmed the information after conductingADN tests more than one week later, the wife said, adding that she iscompleting necessary procedures to bring her husband’s ashes home, scheduled forMarch 5.
Tri’s Vietnamese crewmate, Pham Van Duc, had been rescued by theJapan Coast Guard (JCG).
The sailors were among the 12-member crew of the 1,925-tonne ship thatsunk while anchoring in the bay as typhoon Hagibis approached. The othersailors included three from Myanmar and seven from China.
Apart from Duc, two Myanmar and one Chinese people were rescued bythe JCG while the remaining eight sailors were confirmed dead./.
VNA
