Just happened Yesterday !!!

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29 missing after ship goes down
A ship operated by a UAE-based group sinks about two nautical miles off Doha coast early yesterday
By Ramesh Mathew
Staff Reporter

Some 29 people were missing after a vessel operated by a UAE-based group capsized about two nautical miles off Doha coast early yesterday, a spokesman for Qatar’s Ministry of Interior said.
According to official sources, five persons were rescued and one body was recovered while search for the remaining people continued late into the night.
Of the 35 people on board, 24 were employees of HBK Power Cleaning, a Doha-based company. The remaining comprised nine crew members and two employees of a catering company.
A spokesman for HBK said the “work vessel” that belonged to Dubai-based Demas Marine was used by his company to provide “support services” to the petroleum industry. “HBK hired the ship about three months ago,” he said.
“The tragedy occurred at 6.30am when the ship was carrying out its normal mission at the entrance of the Doha canal”, the Interior Ministry official said.
Giving details of the nationalities of their employees, the HBK official said 12 of them were Nepalis, 11 of them Indians and one Bangladeshi.
They all belonged to the “labourer class”, the official added. The ship has been completely sunk.

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By donald_duc168• 1 Jul 2009 15:56
donald_duc168

what a tragedy....

By baldrick2dogs• 1 Jul 2009 15:46
baldrick2dogs

I'm guessing the odds on them wearing life jackets, if indeed they were provided will be pretty slim. Tanker cleaning is a shitty job made worse by wearing a cumbersome life jacket. They tend not to bother, because of the 'it won't happen to me' attitude. Same with any safety gear when there is not a safety culture.

By rMs_000• 1 Jul 2009 15:30
rMs_000

yes, heard the new today morning ! - Radio

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By arecel• 1 Jul 2009 15:20
arecel

oh-oh, i hope everyone will be saved and accounted for.

usapa na...

By Gypsy• 1 Jul 2009 15:17
Gypsy

I hope they're found. Lucky thing is if they were proper life jackets the waters warm enough for them to stay alive for days.

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