Second death reported from sunken ship off Miri
Published on: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
By: FMT
The injured from the Dayang Topaz maintenance ship brought ashore in Sarawak. (MMEA Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA: The Marine Department has reported another death among the crew members of the Dayang Topaz maintenance vessel, which sank in waters off Kuala Baram, Miri, this morning.
In a statement, its corporate unit said the two deaths involved a Malaysian and another individual who has yet to be identified.
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The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre had received a call at 6.45am from a Sapura Construction ship which received a distress signal from the Dayang Topaz about 7.7 nautical miles from Kuala Baram.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general Mohd Zubil Mat Som said the Sapura Construction ship was mobilised to identify the location of the sinking vessel, with 62 crew members still onboard while 125 had abandoned ship.
The marine department said besides the two deaths, 186 crew members of the ship, owned by DESB Marine Services Sdn Bhd, had been rescued.
Early investigations showed that one of the Dayang Topaz’s anchors was cut off because of bad weather conditions, causing the ship to lose control and crash into the baramB oil platform.
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