RUSSIA - Russian trawler sinks off Kamchatka - UPDATING NEWS

Sad news received from web, about situation of the  Russian trawler which has sunk off the Kamchatka peninsula: 54 sailors so far confirmed dead.

Sixty-three people have been rescued, many suffering from hypothermia, according to a maritime rescue centre in Russia's Far East. The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler had 132 people on board when it sank. Seventy-eight of the crew were Russian, with the remainder coming from countries including Latvia, Ukraine, Myanmar and Vanuatu.

The Dalniy Vostok went down in the Sea of Okhotsk, 330 km (205 miles) west of Krutogorovsky settlement, at around 06:30 (20:30 GMT Wednesday).

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INC News, 02/04/2015 - via BBC