{A photograph} taken on December 1, 2023 and obtained from the New Zealand Protection Power on October 6, 2024 exhibits the Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui in a bay on the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand stated on Oct. 6, 2024, that it had rescued all 75 sailors from a navy ship that ran aground and sank off Samoa whereas conducting a reef survey. | Picture credit score: AFP
New Zealand stated on Sunday (6 October 2024) it had rescued all 75 sailors from a navy ship that ran aground and sank off Samoa whereas conducting a reef survey.
Emergency companies labored by means of the night time to rescue dozens of crew from the burning and sinking HMNZS Manawanui after it crashed into the reef off the south coast of Upolu.
Samoa emergency companies stated a fireplace rescue group labored “from final night time till this morning” to gather and deal with the 75 crew members.
“Happily, nobody was severely injured and no lives had been misplaced,” the Samoa Fireplace and Emergency Providers Authority stated.
New Zealand Commodore Shane Arndell confirmed that “all 75 crew and passengers on board HMNZS Manawanui have reached security in Samoa.”
The precise reason for the accident will not be but identified.
The HMNZS Manawanui was used for hydrographic surveys, diving operations and maritime salvage and had a 100 tonne marine crane.
He had been conducting a hydrographic survey one nautical mile offshore in tough situations.
Samoan authorities had issued a maritime warning for the island’s southern coast over the weekend.
Winds of as much as 40 kilometers (25 miles) per hour and ocean waves of as much as 4 meters (13 ft) had been forecast on the time of the incident.
The New Zealand army stated rescuers had battled currents and winds that pushed life rafts and boats onto reefs and that “the surf made the rescue effort notably difficult.”
The army stated it was attempting to “perceive the implications and decrease the environmental impacts” of the wreckage.
The 85-meter-long ship was in-built 2003 and bought from Norway in 2019.
Printed – October 6, 2024 06:46 am IST