MOSCOW — Seventeen fishermen were missing and feared dead on Monday after a Russian boat capsized during a storm and sank in the freezing waters of the Barents Sea. A source told the Interfax news agency that there was little hope of finding survivors due to strong winds and low temperatures. “The disaster struck during a strong storm when the crew was hauling out a net with the catch,” the source said. In April 2015, a Russian trawler sank in the Okhotsk Sea off Kamchatka. In December 2011, a drilling rig capsized and sank off Sakhalin Island during a storm.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 28, 2020 09:33 UTC