{"id":260392,"date":"2020-07-03T20:26:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T00:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260392"},"modified":"2020-07-03T20:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T00:26:17","slug":"no-hit-and-run-on-ph-fishing-vessel-hk-cargo-ship-crash-pcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/03\/no-hit-and-run-on-ph-fishing-vessel-hk-cargo-ship-crash-pcg\/","title":{"rendered":"No hit-and-run on PH fishing vessel, HK cargo ship crash: PCG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: MISSING AFTER COLLISSION. The Hong Kong cargo vessel Vienna Wood as photographed by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel during an investigation on Tuesday (June 30, 2020). The PCG on Thursday (July 2, 2020) said the search and rescue (SAR) operations for the 14 missing crewmen and passengers of the Filipino vessel is still ongoing. (Photo courtesy of PCG Commodore Armando Balilo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship MV Vienna Wood did not commit a \u201chit-and-run\u201d when it left the fishing vessel (F\/V) Liberty 5 after their collision last Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.<\/p>\n

In a radio interview over DZBB on Friday, PCG Commandant, Vice Admiral George Ursabia Jr., said a PCG probe found that after the collision, MV Vienna Wood attempted to keep a safe distance from F\/V Liberty 5 to avoid another collision.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi naman nag<\/em>-commit\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0hit-and-run\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0MV Vienna Wood.\u00a0Lumayo lang sila<\/em>\u00a0to achieve a safe distance.\u00a0Tapos, napansin rin nila na may pitong<\/em>\u00a0vessels\u00a0ang nag<\/em>-respond\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0capsized vessel (MV Vienna Wood did not commit a hit-and-run. They sailed away to achieve a safe distance. Then, they noticed that seven vessels already responded to the capsized vessel),\u201d Ursabia said.<\/p>\n

Based on the probe, he said the MV Vienna Wood also cited rough sea conditions as to why they did not deploy a rescue boat.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi sila nag<\/em>-initiate\u00a0na magbaba ng<\/em>\u00a0rescue boat. A factor would be\u00a0‘yung laki ng alon.<\/em>\u00a0They prioritized\u00a0‘yung<\/em>\u00a0proper navigation\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0vessel\u00a0dahil may mga maliliit na<\/em>\u00a0vessels\u00a0na rin sa<\/em>\u00a0incident area (They did not initiate the deployment of a rescue boat. A factor would be the size of the waves. They prioritized proper navigation because there were smaller vessels in the incident area),\u201d Ursabia said.<\/p>\n

The PCG\u2019s investigation also found that the MV Vienna Wood\u2019s equipment was functioning properly, including its two radars, which detected F\/V Liberty 5 before the crash, he said.<\/p>\n

However, Ursabia noted that even after the ship attempted to change course, the collision with the fishing vessel still occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cYung mga barko kasi, \u2018di tulad ng mga sasakyan sa kalsada, mas komplikado i-maniobra dahil may<\/em>\u00a0glide (Ships are not like road vehicles. They are more complicated to maneuver because of the glide),\u201d Ursabia said.<\/p>\n

Following the conclusion of their investigation on the Hong Kong-based merchant vessel, he said the PCG\u2019s lawyers in Mindoro have been collecting sworn statements from the mariners and fishermen who initially responded to the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now building up pieces of evidence to file criminal charges against MV Vienna Wood,\u201d Ursabia said.<\/p>\n

Rescue ops shift to retrieval ops<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, after five days of search and rescue operations for the 14 missing fishermen and passengers aboard the F\/V Liberty 5 with no survivors found, he said the PCG has shifted its efforts to search and retrieval.<\/p>\n

He said the change occurred after three full days of finding no survivors.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually\u00a0ho kasi<\/em>, after three full days of search and rescue operations,\u00a0kapag wala pa rin tayong naililigtas, nag-shi<\/em>-shift\u00a0na tayo sa<\/em>\u00a0search and retrieval (Usually, after three full days of search and rescue, if we still haven\u2019t found a survivor, we shift to search and retrieval),\u201d Ursabia said.<\/p>\n

While there is now a higher chance of finding bodies instead of survivors in the next few days, he said finding survivors is still a possibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi naman tayo nawawalan ng pag-asa.<\/em>\u00a0Miracle is a reality.\u00a0May posibilidad pa rin na buhay pa sila<\/em>\u00a0(We\u2019re not losing hope. Miracles happen. There\u2019s still a possibility that they are still alive),\u201d Ursabia said.<\/p>\n

By Sunday, he said, the PCG would evaluate whether to extend the search and retrieval operations by another two days and eventually terminate the operations if bodies and survivors are not found.<\/p>\n

The PCG and the PCG Auxiliary will extend financial assistance to the families of the 14 missing Filipino mariners, Ursabia added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship MV Vienna Wood did not commit a \u201chit-and-run\u201d when it left the fishing vessel …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":260212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260393,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260392\/revisions\/260393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}