The Governor of the Murmansk Region Andrey Chibis instructed to organize assistance to families of not yet found sailors from the ship “Onega” sunk in the Barents Sea. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Monday, December 28.
The incident was also commented on by the Governor of the Arkhangelsk Region Alexander Tsybulsky . According to him, the vessel was fishing near Novaya Zemlya.
He clarified that two ships left the crash site.
The Onega crash became known earlier than December 28. According to media reports, the disaster occurred in a severe storm, the sailors were washed off the deck into the sea. There were 19 people on board, two crew members were rescued.
According to agencies ” Interfax “, the fishing vessel sank due to icing, the entire crew was Russian.