WESTERN CAPE. – Three crew members of African Marine Solutions (AMSOL) died on Wednesday during security assistance operations in an incident approximately 80 nautical miles off the coast of Mossel Bay. Two are still missing. The AMSOL tugboat Umkhuseli was involved in the incident.
According to Clare Gomes of AMSOL, Dan Ngakane, chief executive, says the three bodies were found during a search and rescue operation. The company is in direct contact with the families of all five crew members involved and is offering support and regular updates as confirmed information becomes available. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) activated a sea and air search and rescue operation following the incident according to protocol, with vessels in the area, the NSRI and a helicopter involved. AMSOL's tugboat Inkanyezi is currently on the scene while the search for the two missing seafarers continues.
Internal and external investigations into the incident have also commenced.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
