The Panama-flagged ship "Arsenal Heroes" sank in the Black Sea: there are dead. The expert named the possible causes of the shipwreck of the cargo ship "Heroes of the Arsenal" The cause of the shipwreck is the heroes of the arsenal

According to experts, the ship was wrecked due to violations by the captain of navigation rules: the river-sea class dry cargo ship needed to wait out the storm in a calm bay.

Bad weather could have caused the collapse of the cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal in the Kerch Strait. The ship could split in two and sink if it ran into a large wave.

The rescue operation in the crash area is currently ongoing. Rescuers managed to pull five of the 12 crew members out of the water. The search for the others is complicated by strong waves and wind.

The cargo ship Heroes of the Arsenal, sailing from the city of Azov (Rostov region) to Turkey with a cargo of grain, crashed early in the morning in the Kerch Strait, 20 kilometers from the coast. The SOS signal from the ship was received at 03:54 Moscow time.

The ship split in two and sank. There were 12 crew members on board: two Russians, 9 Ukrainian citizens and one Georgian citizen. Eight ships and a helicopter were sent to the crash site at once. In total, 139 people are involved in the rescue operation.

According to preliminary data, only five sailors were saved, the rest are still listed as missing. The condition of one of the survivors is assessed as serious. He has severe frostbite: the water temperature in the strait is seven to eight degrees Celsius.

The search for the remaining team members is complicated by a force four storm and gusty winds of up to 20 meters per second.

The Investigative Committee has already opened a criminal case under the article “Violation of traffic safety rules.” Investigators now have to figure out what caused the crash.

According to experts interviewed by Life, the cause of the crash could have been bad weather conditions.

It is too early to talk about the reasons for the crash. But the fact that the ship split in two may indicate that it was caught in a large wave, the bow and stern sagged, and the ship fell apart, says Alexander Zaitsev, president of the Association of Ports and Shipowners of River Transport.

Chairman of the Russian Trade Union of Seafarers Igor Kovalchuk also agrees with him.

The fact is that the cargo ship Heroes of the Arsenal belongs to the river-sea type of ship, so when a storm occurred, the ship had to take shelter and not continue moving, Kovalchuk is sure.

According to him, with a storm at sea of ​​3-4 points - and this is precisely the strength of the wave on the Black Sea on the night of April 19, 2017 in the Kerch Strait area, where the tragedy occurred - the risk of a crash increased sharply.

It cannot be ruled out that during a storm, the cargo in the cargo ship’s holds shifted (according to preliminary data from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the ship was transporting grain) - and the ship with a displacement of 3.5 thousand tons split in two and sank, expert Igor Kovalchuk told Life. - The tragedy, most likely, could have been avoided if the captain of the dry cargo ship had followed the rules of navigation and, knowing about the upcoming storm of 3-4 points, would have gone into the nearest bay and waited out the elements.

Dozens of vessels from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are involved in the search for the crew.

According to information from the Russian Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory, the cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" sailed under the flag of Panama and belonged to the Turkish company Gunes shipping. The company owns 14 more dry cargo ships.

The sunken cargo ship was built in 1980 in the Slovak city of Komarno. The original name was "Volgo-Balt 224". Since 1988, it has been renamed Arsenal Heroes. The vessel has a length of 113.87 meters and a beam of 13.19 meters, with a gross tonnage of almost 2,500 tons. Previously, the owner of the vessel was the Ukrainian Ukrrichflot, but in 2013 the ship came under the control of the New York company Us Deepblue Shipping, which sold it to the Turkish Gunes shipping.

Rescuers continue to search for crew members of the sunken cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal. Let us remind you that at 03:54 in the morning on Wednesday, April 19, the cargo ship “Arsenal Heroes” disappeared from the radar in the Kerch Strait. The crash occurred 15 miles (almost 28 kilometers - Auto.) from the village of Taman.

At 05:34, one victim in a life jacket with signs of severe hypothermia was found and lifted aboard the Armada Navigator vessel (the water temperature in the strait is seven to eight degrees above zero). He was given first aid.

"Komsomolskaya Pravda" - Kuban "contacted a member of the crew of the tanker, which is located nine kilometers from the scene of the emergency.

Now the search continues. Five minutes ago, the rescue tugboat “Demidov” reported that they had found a man, but it was not yet known whether he was alive or not. And also two more crew members observed in the water. There is only one rescued so far - a Ukrainian named Chernenko, he is 35 years old. He was a motorman on the ship, reported “KP” crew member of the tanker located in the Kerch Strait, Igor Timofeev.- As far as I know, there is one death - we saw a load of 200. A little later they reported that another person in a wetsuit was noticed in the water. They are trying to catch him, but so far they can’t.

This is the weather today in the Kerch Strait area. South-west wind over 20 m/s and waves under 4-5 meters. The Arsenal Heroes suffered a disaster at night. Close to our ship, at a distance, a couple of cables were dragged by a steamer whose anchor had been torn off.

An empty inflatable life raft and two overturned lifeboats were also found.

At 15:00, rescuers found another wetsuit in the water. But later it turned out that it was empty.

The Ukrainian ship "Arsenal Heroes" sank on Wednesday night off the coast of Crimea. To date, the rescue of one sailor has been confirmed. In addition, at least three deaths were reported. The fate of the remaining crew members is unknown, rescue efforts continue. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case into the crash and the possible death of two or more people.

Chronicle of the tragedy

The grain-laden cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal, which was transporting grain from the city of Azov in the Rostov region to Turkey, disappeared from radar screens at 04.00 Moscow time. Six minutes earlier, the ship, which had 12 crew members on board, including one woman, sent an SOS signal, which was received by the Crimean Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Help was late: the ship sank 27 kilometers off the coast of Crimea in the Kerch Strait area.

Who was on board the sunken ship

The crew of the "Arsenal Heroes" consists of 12 people, of which nine are citizens of Ukraine, two citizens of the Russian Federation and one sailor from Georgia. List of sailors of the ship “Heroes of Arsenal”: citizens of Ukraine - Bitsyura, Ganchevsky, Glazko, Goncharenko, Mesnyankin, Pantyukhov, Sinyuk, Svechkar, Chernenko (saved); citizen of Georgia Kajaya; citizens of the Russian Federation - Vedernikov and Pateev.

What was the weather like in the crash area?

Now we can say with a high degree of confidence that one of the possible causes of the tragedy was a storm that raged in the area of ​​the Crimean coast. At the time of the crash, the cargo ship was in a roadstead in the Kerch Strait area, where a storm warning was announced on the evening of April 18. The wind speed at night reached 25 m/s.

How the sailors were rescued

As reported by the Republican Ministry of Emergency Situations, the rescue of the sailors was carried out by specialists from the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Team, including six divers, and the Falcon underwater vehicle was also involved. Also, 139 specialists from the Novorossiysk and Temryuk fire and rescue garrison took part in the search for the missing sailors, and special equipment was used.

Who was saved?

At 05.34 in the morning, the first and, it seems, so far the only saved sailor, a 35-year-old Ukrainian named Chernenko, who worked on the ship as a mechanic, was lifted aboard one of the ships that moved to the area of ​​​​the tragedy.

Information about four more rescued sailors, which appeared in some media, was not confirmed by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. It is known from unofficial sources that rescuers allegedly found four more people wearing life jackets, but were unable to reach them due to the storm.

The fate of the remaining sailors is still unknown. It should be taken into account that a storm continues in the area of ​​the crash, wind gusts reach up to 20 m/s, navigation is temporarily suspended, and the water temperature in the Kerch Strait does not exceed 8°C.

As reported by the Maritime Directorate, which is responsible for ferry traffic in the Kerch Strait, the storm is forecast to last for two days.

Criminal case

In connection with the crash, the Southern Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under the third part of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of traffic safety rules and operation of maritime transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence.” Let us note that there is no official loss of life in this crash; the operation, which continues in the Kerch Strait, is considered a rescue operation.

Possible causes of the crash

In addition to the storm that raged in the area of ​​the Kerch Strait, the cargo itself turned out to be a dangerous factor, according to experts, since grain, if loaded incorrectly during strong periods, can spill from side to side, creating an imbalance and causing a break or capsizing of the vessel.

Also, many Internet users note that the cargo ship was quite old, it was 37 years old. At the same time, for old Soviet ships this is far from the age limit; they are quite reliable. At the same time, it is unknown how professional the crew was, and whether the owner invested enough money in repairing the ship and maintaining it in working condition.

What is known about the ship

The cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" belongs to the Turkish company Gunes Shipping & Trading, the ship sailed under the Panamanian flag.

This is a dry cargo ship of the Volgo-Balt type, project 2-95A/R. The ship was built in 1980 at the Slovenian Shipyard. At first, the ship was assigned to the North-Western River Shipping Company of the Ministry of River Fleet of the RSFSR and was based in Kaliningrad.

In 1988, the ship was transferred to Kherson (then the Ukrainian SSR, now Ukraine), joined the intersectoral state association "Ukrrichflot" and was named "Heroes of the Arsenal", in honor of the workers of the Kiev plant "Arsenal", who rebelled against the Ukrainian Central Rada in January 1917.

Until 2013, the ship was operated by Ukrrichflot, which then resold it to the Turkish company Gunes Shipping. Since February 2015, the ship has been officially named Geroi Arsenala.

In March - April 2017, the bulk carrier sailed along the route Hereke (Turkey) - Azov - Rostov-on-Don - Poti (Georgia) - Azov. The ship left Azov on its last voyage on April 15.

Ukrainians, as always, blame the “occupiers”

At the moment, the rescue operation and investigative actions are ongoing, but users of the Ukrainian segment of social networks have already found the culprit, and yes, you guessed it correctly - these are the “occupiers,” that is, Russia, which includes Crimea along with the Kerch crossing. They say they overlooked it, which means they are to blame. And they have already reproached that help did not come immediately, although it is known that the wreck occurred in a strong storm, and the ships rushing to help simply could not approach the dry cargo ship in distress

The saddest thing, to put it mildly, is that some Ukrainian users rushed to accuse their possibly dead fellow citizens of treason. At the same time, some users willingly spread fake news that supposedly Ukrainian ships are not allowed to participate in the rescue operation.

Here are examples of such comments:

Well done, Ukrainians. They sank an enemy cargo ship without sparing their lives. Probably the one who was rescued will soon give an interview on RT with a story about his Pravosekov (“Right Sector” 1, the organization’s activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation - FAN note) activities, and the FSB will report on the capture of another SBU spy.

The bridge is strengthened! In Nakhimov style!

To hell with it, grain (54 wagons), there are 9 Ukrainians on the ship that sank in the Kerch Strait, and no one is going to save the Ukrainians, because... /Russians/ don’t give it. Ukrainian rescue ships are not allowed in! They will also be accused of extremism!

And the answers:

What are you happy about, idiots? The ship is flying the Panamanian flag, the majority of the crew are Ukrainians. Keep jumping, /bad people/.

We need to service ships, not ride on the Maidan!

And, it seems, the unheard cry of one of the users:

Come to your senses! People died!

1 The organization is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Alexey Gromov

The Ukrainian ship "Arsenal Heroes" sank on Wednesday night off the coast of Crimea. To date, the rescue of one sailor has been confirmed. In addition, at least three deaths were reported. The fate of the remaining crew members is unknown, rescue efforts continue. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case into the crash and the possible death of two or more people.

Chronicle of the tragedy

The grain-laden cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal, which was transporting grain from the city of Azov in the Rostov region to Turkey, disappeared from radar screens at 04.00 Moscow time. Six minutes earlier, the ship, which had 12 crew members on board, including one woman, sent an SOS signal, which was received by the Crimean Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Help was late: the ship sank 27 kilometers off the coast of Crimea in the Kerch Strait area.

Who was on board the sunken ship

The crew of the "Arsenal Heroes" consists of 12 people, of which nine are citizens of Ukraine, two citizens of the Russian Federation and one sailor from Georgia. List of sailors of the ship “Heroes of Arsenal”: citizens of Ukraine - Bitsyura, Ganchevsky, Glazko, Goncharenko, Mesnyankin, Pantyukhov, Sinyuk, Svechkar, Chernenko (saved); citizen of Georgia Kajaya; citizens of the Russian Federation - Vedernikov and Pateev.

What was the weather like in the crash area?

Now we can say with a high degree of confidence that one of the possible causes of the tragedy was a storm that raged in the area of ​​the Crimean coast. At the time of the crash, the cargo ship was in a roadstead in the Kerch Strait area, where a storm warning was announced on the evening of April 18. The wind speed at night reached 25 m/s.

How the sailors were rescued

As reported by the Republican Ministry of Emergency Situations, the rescue of the sailors was carried out by specialists from the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Team, including six divers, and the Falcon underwater vehicle was also involved. Also, 139 specialists from the Novorossiysk and Temryuk fire and rescue garrison took part in the search for the missing sailors, and special equipment was used.

Who was saved?

At 05.34 in the morning, the first and, it seems, so far the only saved sailor, a 35-year-old Ukrainian named Chernenko, who worked on the ship as a mechanic, was lifted aboard one of the ships that moved to the area of ​​​​the tragedy.

Information about four more rescued sailors, which appeared in some media, was not confirmed by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. It is known from unofficial sources that rescuers allegedly found four more people wearing life jackets, but were unable to reach them due to the storm.

The fate of the remaining sailors is still unknown. It should be taken into account that a storm continues in the area of ​​the crash, wind gusts reach up to 20 m/s, navigation is temporarily suspended, and the water temperature in the Kerch Strait does not exceed 8°C.

As reported by the Maritime Directorate, which is responsible for ferry traffic in the Kerch Strait, the storm is forecast to last for two days.

Criminal case

In connection with the crash, the Southern Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under the third part of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of traffic safety rules and operation of maritime transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence.” Let us note that there is no official loss of life in this crash; the operation, which continues in the Kerch Strait, is considered a rescue operation.

Possible causes of the crash

In addition to the storm that raged in the area of ​​the Kerch Strait, the cargo itself turned out to be a dangerous factor, according to experts, since grain, if loaded incorrectly during strong periods, can spill from side to side, creating an imbalance and causing a break or capsizing of the vessel.

Also, many Internet users note that the cargo ship was quite old, it was 37 years old. At the same time, for old Soviet ships this is far from the age limit; they are quite reliable. At the same time, it is unknown how professional the crew was, and whether the owner invested enough money in repairing the ship and maintaining it in working condition.

What is known about the ship

The cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" belongs to the Turkish company Gunes Shipping & Trading, the ship sailed under the Panamanian flag.

This is a dry cargo ship of the Volgo-Balt type, project 2-95A/R. The ship was built in 1980 at the Slovenian Shipyard. At first, the ship was assigned to the North-Western River Shipping Company of the Ministry of River Fleet of the RSFSR and was based in Kaliningrad.

In 1988, the ship was transferred to Kherson (then the Ukrainian SSR, now Ukraine), joined the intersectoral state association "Ukrrichflot" and was named "Heroes of the Arsenal", in honor of the workers of the Kiev plant "Arsenal", who rebelled against the Ukrainian Central Rada in January 1917.

Until 2013, the ship was operated by Ukrrichflot, which then resold it to the Turkish company Gunes Shipping. Since February 2015, the ship has been officially named Geroi Arsenala.

In March - April 2017, the bulk carrier sailed along the route Hereke (Turkey) - Azov - Rostov-on-Don - Poti (Georgia) - Azov. The ship left Azov on its last voyage on April 15.

Ukrainians, as always, blame the “occupiers”

At the moment, the rescue operation and investigative actions are ongoing, but users of the Ukrainian segment of social networks have already found the culprit, and yes, you guessed it correctly - these are the “occupiers,” that is, Russia, which includes Crimea along with the Kerch crossing. They say they overlooked it, which means they are to blame. And they have already reproached that help did not come immediately, although it is known that the wreck occurred in a strong storm, and the ships rushing to help simply could not approach the dry cargo ship in distress

The saddest thing, to put it mildly, is that some Ukrainian users rushed to accuse their possibly dead fellow citizens of treason. At the same time, some users willingly spread fake news that supposedly Ukrainian ships are not allowed to participate in the rescue operation.

Here are examples of such comments:

Well done, Ukrainians. They sank an enemy cargo ship without sparing their lives. Probably the one who was rescued will soon give an interview on RT with a story about his Pravosekov (“Right Sector” *, the organization’s activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation - FAN note) activities, and the FSB will report on the capture of another SBU spy.

The bridge is strengthened! In Nakhimov style!

To hell with it, grain (54 wagons), there are 9 Ukrainians on the ship that sank in the Kerch Strait, and no one is going to save the Ukrainians, because... /Russians/ don’t give it. Ukrainian rescue ships are not allowed in! They will also be accused of extremism!

And the answers:

What are you happy about, idiots? The ship is flying the Panamanian flag, the majority of the crew are Ukrainians. Keep jumping, /bad people/.

We need to service ships, not ride on the Maidan!

And, it seems, the unheard cry of one of the users:

Come to your senses! People died!

* The organization is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.

A ship carrying Ukrainians sank near Kerch, only one person survived. Experts: "The ship was worn out"

The cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" transported grain from Russia to Turkey

Yesterday at 4:00 in the Kerch Strait, where a force 7 storm was raging, the former Ukrainian and now Turkish cargo ship Heroes of Arsenal, loaded with grain, sank. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Among the 12 crew members there were 9 Ukrainians, one Georgians and two Russians. At the time of writing, only Ukrainian engine driver Konstantin Chernenko was saved, two died, the rest were considered missing. The most likely cause of the disaster is the deterioration of the vessel, which is more than 35 years old.

CATASTROPHE.

The disaster occurred 27 km south of the port of Taman. Before the crash, the Arsenal Heroes managed to send an SOS distress signal. According to the crew members of the Armada Navigator tanker, which was sailing nearby, the Heroes were broken in half by a gigantic wave reaching 5 meters in height. The ship drifted for some time, which allowed part of the crew to put on life jackets and leave board. Yesterday they were looking for them.

The operation is carried out by Russia. About 140 people, 17 pieces of equipment, including a Mi-8 helicopter and a Falcon-300 remote-controlled underwater vehicle, worked at the scene of the disaster. It is designed to carry out search work in coastal waters, is equipped with a color video camera, and can operate at depths of up to 300 m. The sea is heavily polluted by diesel fuel that spilled overboard, of which there were about 30 tons on board, so they were preparing to erect barriers to prevent its spread.

Nothing threatened the life of only the Ukrainian minder Konstantin Chernenko. He was miraculously lifted aboard the Armada Navigator. The 35-year-old sailor was hypothermic from being in cold water (+8 degrees), his condition is serious, but there is no danger to life. “From the helicopter they see four more in life jackets, but two show no signs of life. Due to strong seas, they cannot be lifted on board yet,” the operational duty officer of the Krasnodar Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation told us yesterday afternoon. By evening, information appeared that the bodies of two (according to other sources three) sailors (their names were not disclosed) had been lifted aboard the rescue vessel. The unfound crew members were declared missing. A lifeboat without people was also found.

"Today" found out the names of the crew members. These are citizens of the Russian Federation A. Vedernikov and D. Pateev, citizen of Georgia L. Kadzhaya, citizens of Ukraine Igor Glazko (captain), Alexander Bytsyura, Marina Svechkar, N. Ganchevsky, A. Goncharenko, Sergey Mesnyankin, A. Pantyukhov, D. Sinyuk. The only woman among the crew is Marina Svechkar, a native of the Odessa region; she worked as a cook on the dry cargo ship.

“As for captain Igor Glazko, we know that he is a native of the Donetsk region,” Russian rescuers told us. As we found out, there were sailors on the ship originally from the Kherson region. In Kherson, we found the relatives of one of the missing sailors, Alexander Bytsyura. His mother Galina told us in an alarmed voice that, as of yesterday evening, none of the diplomats had informed them about the fate of her son. In Donbass we found Sergei Mesnyankin’s wife, Yulia Samotkanova. According to her, none of the officials notified her of anything, so she is anxiously awaiting news about her husband.

Doctors believe that there is little chance of saving anyone else. “At a temperature of +8, a person can live in water for up to 20 minutes, then the heart will stop from hypothermia. A standard vest does not protect against the cold,” Eduard Mikhailov, a general practitioner of the highest category, explained to us.

WAS TWO TERMS.

The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Krasnodar Territory informed us that the dry cargo ship "Arsenal Heroes" was built in 1980 in Slovenia according to a standard design. Its length is 114 m, width 13 m. The last Ukrainian port of registry is Kherson, from where the ship was sold to a Turkish company in 2013. Since 2015, it has flown under the flag of Panama. "Arsenal Heroes" traveled along the route Hereke (Turkey) - Azov (Russian Federation) - Rostov-on-Don (Russian Federation) - Poti (Georgia) - Azov.

As shipbuilding specialist Viktor Lisitsky told us, such a ship is considered small, so a force 7 storm (waves 3-5 m) is dangerous for it, even if everything on board is in good order. In his opinion, there are two possible causes of the disaster - wear and tear of the vessel and the displacement of the cargo to one side due to pitching. “The service life of such ships is 15 years, that is, it lasted 2.5 terms,” says Lisitsky. “And given the information from RosMChS that the hull was broken across, it was clearly rusted. This could have happened from the shock of waves when the “Arsenal Heroes” "was turned sideways by the wind towards the wave, as the ship became uncontrollable due to stalled engines."

We responded to the tragedy at the ship's operating company. “Now the main thing is to save people, to complete the rescue operation. According to preliminary data, this could have happened due to bad weather conditions. Any ship can sink under certain conditions, it does not always depend on its condition. The ship was in good condition and insured,” - Selcuk Esenyel, a lawyer for the Turkish Gunes shipping, told reporters.