Two crew members on the Russian-flagged general cargo ship ‘Vasily Golovnin’ died in unidentified circumstances, while the ship was underway from Antarctica to South Africa. The ship is owned by Russian maritime transportation company Fesco.
Fesco informed us on the death of two sailors while the Vasily Golovnin vessel was going to South Africa, as they are obliged to notify us in such cases. Still, the reasons behind the death of the sailors are unknown yet. They will emerge only after the vessel’s arrival to Russia and an autopsy,
…the Federation of Trade Unions of the Primorsky Region told Russian news agency TASS.
With this respect, a commission was established to investigate the causes of the deaths. Fesco also confirmed the incident.
The Vasilly Golovnin was earlier reported to have ended the supply of Indian scientific stations in the Antarctic and headed to Cape Town.
AIS data show the vessel is currently underway off South Africa.
