Baku, Azerbaijan, April 2
Trend:
Far East, a large trawler sank in the Sea of Okhotsk, 300 kilometers from Magadan in the morning of April 2.
The main version of the trawler crash is collision, Vladimir Markin, the representative of the Russian investigative committee was quoted by TASS as saying.
"The investigative bodies are considering all possible versions of the trawler crash," Markin said.
According to preliminary data, there were 78 Russians and 54 foreigners on the shipboard. Some 117 of 132 people on board were raised out of the water (54 dead). The fate of 15 fishermen remains unknown.
Seven Azerbaijani people were on the board. All of them are the citizens of Russia, Magadan's regional department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations told Trend earlier.
Edited by CN