UAE | General
One more body recovered from wreckage of sunken cargo ship
The body of a Pakistani man has been recovered from the wreckage of the cargo ship that sank off the coast here last week, bringing the death toll to two, an official told Gulf News.
- By Binsal Abdul Kader and Rayeesa Absal, Staff Reporters
- Published: 12:24 February 19, 2009
Abu Dhabi: The body of a Pakistani man has been recovered from the wreckage of the cargo ship that sank off the coast here last week, bringing the death toll to two, an official told Gulf News.
“The body of the victim was found by our divers who searched the accident site, 15 nautical miles off the Zirku Island in Abu Dhabi, with the permission of the authorities'', an official of Delma Cooperative Society (DCS) said.
However, the body is yet to be identified.
On Monday, the body of Indonesian engineer Eman Suryadi was recovered by rescue officials.
Yesterday afternoon, relatives of the missing 22-year-old Mohammad Abbas had a sigh of relief when they confirmed that the body was not his. “I am praying to God … everything happens according to His will'', said Abdul Vakil, his brother, who travelled from Ruwais to the morgue in Abu Dhabi.
The Embassy identified the other two missing Pakistani men as Guladin and Aql Jan.
Nine people were aboard the ship, which went missing last Wednesday. So far, only one person has survived the accident. The fate of the remaining six men on board the ship is still unknown, even as rescue efforts continue.
Five-member crew
“Of the nine people on the ship, five were crew members — including three Indians, one Bangladeshi and one Indonesian. They were all working with DCS. The other four were Pakistani truck drivers who had to take care of the trucks loaded on to the ship,'' Eid Al Mazroui, chairman of the DCS, said.
Mansour Swailem, general manager of Al Arif Transport and Marine Company, which had employed the four Pakistani truck drivers on the ship, said lone survivor Jahangir Khan was in good health. “Jahangir has reached home in Al Ain. He has recuperated.''
The 48-metre long ship, with a 480-tonne capacity, was sailing to Jebel Al Dhana from Jirneen Island when it was caught in hostile weather and eventually sunk.
Gafour Mousa, an Indian, whose brother Anwar is still missing, said the situation back home was “horrible''. “We have not yet told his children about the accident while the others in the family are struggling to hold back their emotions'', he said. Anwar is survived by his wife and five children.
Mousa, also a DCS employee, is equally worried about his missing colleagues, Mohammad Hussain Noor and Ebrahim Elyas. Noor Al Ameen, a Bangladeshi national, is also among the missing crew members.
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