Oil tanker 'splits in half' after ship runs aground in stormy weather as desperate rescue mission launched to save crew and separate vessel also sends out distress call
Oil tanker 'splits in half' after ship runs aground in stormy weather as desperate rescue mission launched to save crew and separate vessel also sends out distress call
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An oil tanker split in half after the ship ran aground in stormy weather as a desperate rescue mission is launched to save the crew. Two Russian cargo ships carrying oil products were left severely damaged due to bad weather in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and annexed Crimea and have now requested assistance, the country's emergency services ministry said on Sunday.
![[Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported that the Volgoneft 212 tanker was carrying about 4,300 tonnes of fuel oil]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/12/93165959-14194689-image-a-4_1734264604005.jpg)
There were 13 people on board the Volgoneft 212 tanker which was destroyed and ran aground, and 14 people on a second ship, the Volgoneft 239, which was drifting after sustaining damage, the ministry added. The 212 is understood to have broken in half amid large waves close to the shores of Kerch, and according to Russian outlet Mash, the ship rapidly began sinking.
![[A rescue operation was launched to save crewmembers who found themselves overboard]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/12/93165957-14194689-image-m-3_1734264596484.jpg)
Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported that the Volgoneft 212 tanker was carrying about 4,300 tonnes of fuel oil. The emergency services ministry said more than 50 people and equipment including an Mi-8 helicopter and a rescue tugboat had been deployed for the rescue mission.
![[The emergency services ministry said more than 50 people and equipment including an Mi-8 helicopter and a rescue tugboat had been deployed for the rescue mission]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/12/93166267-14194689-image-a-7_1734265692729.jpg)
Rescuers on board the tugboat were reportedly attempting to lift the stranded crewmen from the sea. They had been waiting for rescue for up to four hours, said reports. 'There is a crew of 13 people onboard,' the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the disputed Republic of Crimea.
Two Russian cargo ships carrying oil products were left severely damaged due to bad weather in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and annexed Crimea. Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported that the Volgoneft 212 tanker was carrying about 4,300 tonnes of fuel oil.
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