A Lebanese sailor was rescued off the coast of Cyprus after a harrowing five-hour ordeal within the sea. The sailor had fallen off a cargo ship and was left struggling to remain afloat earlier than a dramatic rescue introduced him again to security.
The incident passed off early within the morning when the sailor, a Lebanese nationwide, fell into the water below unknown circumstances. After realizing he was lacking, the crew alerted Cypriot authorities, triggering an instantaneous search and rescue operation.
Initially, a helicopter from the Cypriot Joint Rescue Coordination Middle (JRCC) was dispatched 185km southeast of Cyprus to find the sailor. Utilizing warmth censors, it combed round 25 sq. kilometers for about an hour.
After finding him, the helicopter couldn’t carry out the rescue because of the must refuel. Nonetheless, they shortly relayed the coordinates to a close-by vessel, guiding it to the sailor’s precise location.
Because the ship searched the realm at midnight, the crew heard the sailor crying out for assist and pulled him into security. He was taken to a neighborhood hospital in Cyprus for a medical check-up and is reported to be in steady situation.
The sailor’s identification has not been launched, and investigations are ongoing to find out how he fell overboard.
Cmdr. Andreas Charalambides, head of the Cyprus Search and Rescue Coordination Middle, stated an investigation into how the person ended up within the water is the duty of the nation below which the ship sails. On this case, the NIVIN vessel is Panamanian-flagged.
