Russian ship sinks in Far East, search underway for 14 crew

RT -

A fishing ship “Partner” has sunk off the western coast of Sakhalin Island on Friday, with no survivors found as yet.

­Rosrybolovstvo fishing department reports the distress signal from the vessel was received on Friday morning.

Fourteen were reportedly on board, all Russian citizens. A rescue operation is underway and an airplane and two ships have been sent to the scene. However, as yet there is no sign of the ship or crew. The search is being hampered by the difficult weather conditions.

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