Navy Aircraft Locates Missing Chinese Fishing Ship Near Guam
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Story Number: NNS100122-44
Release Date: 1/22/2010 11:19:00 PM
From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs
GUAM (NNS) -- U.S. Navy airmen on board a P-3 "Orion" aircraft detected a People's Republic of China fishing vessel in distress off the coast of Guam shortly before midnight Jan. 20.
The aircraft, assigned to Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Force, 7th Fleet (CTF–72), was one of six flights dispatched to locate the missing vessel.
The Navy aircrew located the vessel about 575 miles off the coast of Guam. The ship had 11 crew members visible on deck using flares and a small fire to signal for help.
The P-3 made bridge to bridge contact with two nearby merchant ships to vector them to the vessel in distress, and reported the location to the U.S. Coast Guard in Guam so that they could dispatch a C-130 aircraft at first light.
The crew of the fishing vessel was rescued by one of the merchant ships. Case of the vessel's distress is not known.
For more news from Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/c7f/.
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