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The Russian Transportation Ministry said fourteen crew were rescued by an icebreaker and a tug boat when the platform was smashed by a large wave and commenced sinking whereas beneath tow two hundred kilometers off Sakhalin island. The ministry said the wave broke portholes and ripped empty lifeboats from their moorings. Water temperatures were reported at one degree Celsius, severely diminishing prospects for more rescues hours when the tragedy.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an enquiry of the disaster.
Authorities say the large rig was headed from the Kamchatka peninsula to Sakhalin when it capsized.
More than 50 Presumed Dead in Russia Oil Platform Accident
More than 50 Presumed Dead in Russia Oil Platform Accident
At least four individuals are dead and forty nine others missing and presumed dead when a Russian oil rig capsized and sank early Sunday within the frigid ocean of Okhotsk.
The Russian Transportation Ministry said fourteen crew were rescued by an icebreaker and a tug boat when the platform was smashed by a large wave and commenced sinking whereas beneath tow two hundred kilometers off Sakhalin island. The ministry said the wave broke portholes and ripped empty lifeboats from their moorings. Water temperatures were reported at one degree Celsius, severely diminishing prospects for more rescues hours when the tragedy.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an enquiry of the disaster.
Authorities say the large rig was headed from the Kamchatka peninsula to Sakhalin when it capsized.