RF Tankers accident in the Kerch Strait: Crew evacuation was postponed in the morning (video)

The members of the tanker crew "Volgoneft-212" was evacuated, one of them died. The saves of sailors from the second tanker stopped because of bad weather. Greenpeace has warned about the threat of environmental disaster due to the spill of petroleum products. On Sunday morning, December 15, two Russian tankers were sank near the Kerch Strait-"Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239". The Russian media reported that the vessels that were filled with fuel oil were broken in half of the wave.

The spokesman for the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Pletenchuk, the captain of the 3rd rank, said on the air of the TV channel "Kiev" that the emergency is not the element, but Russian negligence and negligence. "These vessels are actually river. Their task from the Volga to pull this fuel oil, petroleum products and overload them to other vessels, even foreign ones, already in the sea. They can theoretically go to the sea, but under other conditions," Pletenchuk said.

According to him, the height of the waves and the speed of the wind, which were observed today, exceeded the normative indicators for which the tankers were designed. In addition, these are ships that are 50+ years old. "For this age, these vessels should already be written off. Accordingly, they violated everything they could," Pletenchuk added. According to the Russian Telegram-channel Baza, the evacuation of the crew of two tankers was postponed in the morning due to weather conditions.

It is impossible to use helicopters and rescue boats. Volgoneft-239 tanker sat on a shallow 80 meters from the port of "Taman" of Krasnodar region. Its nasal part goes under water. It is reported that 14 crew members went into the feed part. Earlier, 11 members of the crew were evacuated from the Volgoneft-212 tanker. Two sailors are in serious condition, nine - in a state of moderate. The tanker captain who swallowed water with fuel oil and lost consciousness was most severely affected.

The media also reported the death of one person. System analyst Eugene Eastrebin, commenting on the catastrophe of two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, noted that "Russia is a threat to all Europe with its old tankers transporting oil and petroleum products. " He believes that "a catastrophe can happen at any time. " Greenpeace has stated the threat of environmental disaster. The organization noted that 4.

3 tons of fuel oil and possibly other petroleum products are poured into the waters of the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black and Azov Seas. The head of research laboratories of Greenpeace based on the University of Extener in the UK Paul Johnston warned of serious consequences. "Under the current weather conditions, it will be extremely difficult to localize it. If the contamination takes ashore, it will lead to pollution As a rule, they have a more noticeable impact on the sea fauna.