2 crewmembers missing after Kambur sank
Fortunately, there have been very few sea accidents in Iceland and also in the Faroe Islands for at least 10 years or so.
but sadly today 6.february a autoline boat
Kampur from the Faroe Islands was fishing south of Akrabergi in the Faroe Islands
when a big sea came on the boats and kambur went on the starboard side. right around 0745, and the captain immediately called for help.
after all, by then Kambur had reached the starboard side
A helicopter arrived and managed to save 13 people, but by then the helicopter was full and had to go to the Faroe Islands with these 13
fishermen and then go out again. , when the helicopter came back, one of the boat's crew was immediately seen
and he had then hung out on Kambi for 3 hours. he was saved, two men were still missing, Kambur still sank at 1030.
the patrol ship Brimill from the Faroe Islands organizes the search for the two missing crew members.
one of them is 47 years old and the other is 57 years old.
several ships are being searched by the two crew members, including 2 Icelandic ships Hoffell SU and Barði NK. Irish pelagic ship Sheanne and LAnzurny
From Russia. along with others who are searching.
When the accident happened, the weather was quite bad, but as the day progressed, the weather improved, and the wave height is still considerable.
This Kambur came new from Norway in 2020, but in Norway the boat was called Österfjord, and was 46 meters long and 11 meters wide.
Kambur was one of two liners in Norway that had a well, the other boat being Klakkur.
Kambur landed in 2023, about 1600 tons, and was also fishing in Iceland and has a quota of about 760 tons in Icelandic jurisdiction.
Kambur Pic Regin Torkilsson