Maritime emergency services evacuated two crew members from the ship. Cod ‘Lodairo’Spain’s largest trawler after suffering an operational accident on board. Boat It was sailing 160 miles northwest of Scotland on Wednesday But when the Radio Medical Center received the warning to evacuate the two conscious sailors with very serious injuries. According to the ship owner, Áncora, the condition of the two workers is stable and He escaped danger in the Intensive Care Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. Their families have been with them since yesterday, accompanied by Iván López Van der Veen, a shipowner from Vigo. Ciaim (Marine Accidents and Incidents Investigation Commission) is investigating the incident because there was no other sailor on deck at the time of the accident. The expert on duty is the same as the expert on the shipwreck. Villa de Pitanxo.
The National Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Madrid received the communication on Wednesday that the 84-metre-long ship was northwest of the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. Although its main purpose is cod, Meanwhile, he was participating in blue whiting (lily) fishing in Gran Sol waters..
Following the alert, Rescue contacted Stornoway MRCC centre, who co-ordinated a helicopter evacuation to Western Isles hospital in Stornoway. From there they were transferred to Glasgow.
Accident
Faro de Vigo learned from Prensa Ibérica that there were two crew on deck. repairing one of the clippers For unknown reasons when Activated the system that affects men’s legs from that Morrazo (Pontevedra). This situation deeply affected the entire crew.
However, according to official information, their lives are not in danger. “We will report on the development of this incident, but now is the time to be close to the injured and their families,” Iván López said in a statement. “We ask that their privacy be respected in these moments when the main thing is to provide support and closeness,” he emphasized.
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Lodairo is the largest ship of its class flying the Spanish flag and one of the few remaining cod fishing vessels in the country’s fleet. He took over two ships dedicated to this genre. ‘New Virgen de la Barca’ and ‘The New Maiden of Lodairo’. After evacuation, the ship ended the tide and sailed to its port in Germany. The crew will return home from there in the coming days.