BOURBON: Press release - Update on the search operations of the Bourbon Rhode crew
12 Octobre 2019 - 9:00AM
BOURBON: Press release - Update on the search operations of the
Bourbon Rhode crew
Marseilles, October 12, 2019
Update on the search operations of the
Bourbon Rhode crew
Following the report of a possible distress flare
on the night of Sunday 6 to Monday October 7, the CROSS French West
Indies-Guyana (Regional Operational Centre for Surveillance and
Rescue) dispatched 4 ships to search the area, with the support of
an overflight by the US Coast Guards aircraft. Over the past week,
search has been intense and extensive to try to detect a sign after
on the one hand, the report of this potential distress flare and on
the other hand, the satellite photo obtained from the European
Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). These new searches have
unfortunately been unsuccessful.
As a whole, search operations have not found any
trace of life or life rafts for more than 10 days now despite
measures of exceptional magnitude. As a reminder, search and rescue
operations have been going on for 16 days, with the sinking of the
ship taking place on September 26 as it faced hurricane
Lorenzo.
As decided by the CROSS, search operations are no
suspended and won’t stop on a specific date. But they are entering
a new phase of active monitoring during which the CROSS will
mobilize all vessel transiting in the area to implement an adapted
monitoring.
“Our priority is to provide families and
relatives of the BOURBON Rhode crew with all possible support under
these tragic circumstances. On behalf of all the employees and in
particular all those who work tirelessly within the BOURBON crisis
cells, I want to reiterate how much our thoughts are with the
families of the missing seafarers,” BOURBON CEO Gaël Bodénès
declared.
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& Logistics, Mobility and Subsea Services) and also protects
the French coastline for the French Navy.
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