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Fishing Vessel Heleno A Sinks off Río Negro as Search for Missing Engineer Continues

Prefectura leads an air-sea search in Golfo San Matías for the missing engineer.

Overview

  • Four crew were recovered alive and taken to San Antonio Oeste for medical evaluation, with officials reporting good general condition.
  • The vessel went down roughly 13 nautical miles from San Antonio Oeste on Wednesday night during a convoy passage with Marina Z.
  • Prefectura activated a Search and Rescue case and deployed cutters GC-69 Río Paraná and GC-26 Thompson, supported by a nearby fishing boat.
  • An aircraft from the Comodoro Rivadavia air station and a Viedma-based helicopter are conducting aerial sweeps over the area.
  • Survivors said the ship suffered technical problems before sinking, and authorities have opened an investigation into the incident.