A fishing boat from Thanh Hoá Province is found sinking in the rough sea off the coast Đà Nẵng City on October 13 evening. The boat with its 14 sailors was safety rescued by coastguard. Photo courtesy of MRCC2

ĐÀ NẴNG — A fishing boat with its 14 sailors were rescued off the coast of the central city of Đà Nẵng as it was sinking in rough sea and downpours last night.

The Đà Nẵng-based Maritime Co-ordination and Rescue Centre No2 (MRCC2) said the fishing vessel from Thanh Hoá Province coded TH90929TS was heading to safe dock in rough weather and heavy rains when water broke into the deck around 4.30pm on October 13.

A rescue ship from the centre (coded SAR412) was sent to the sea after getting SOS signals and emergency calls from the fishing boat, in co-operation with the city’s coastguard and disaster prevention and rescue forces found the endangered boat just two hours after that.

The fishing boat TH90929TS from Thanh Hoá and all its crew is towed safely to the port of the Đà Nẵng-based Maritime Co-ordination and Rescue Centre No2 (MRCC2) after being almost sunk in the rough sea and heavy rains on October 13 . Photo courtesy of MRCC2

Rescuers had given first aid to all sailors and repaired the boat to be towed safely to a port for further health care and mechanical service.

All sailors are now healthy, and the boat had been sent for repairing at the centre’s dock in Sơn Trà Peninsula.

Heavy rains have been recorded in the central region, causing floods in Thừa Thiên Huế and Đà Nẵng on October 13-14. VNS