Bodies of Bulgarian Shipwrecked Sailors Back Home
23 March 2008, Sunday
Ten Bulgarian sailors (pictured) and one Ukrainian were aboard the cargo ship Vanessa, which sank in the ice-cold Azov Sea. Photo by bulphoto
A Navy ship is leaving for Ukraine to bring back home the bodies of the sailors aboard Vanessa cargo vessel that shipwrecked in the Sea of Azov.
The ship is scheduled to come to anchor at Burgas port on March 25.
The municipality of Burgas has decided to declare a day of mourning the day the sailors are buried.
Vanessa shipwrecked on January 3 with 11 crewmembers on board. Ukrainian rescuers recovered the bodies of Petko Momchev and Georgi Zhelev days after the tragedy.
Nikolay Dimitrov, a mechanic, was the only one to survive the shipwreck. He was rescued after spending 10 hours in the ice-cold waters.
The reasons for the shipwreck are still under investigation, which is expected to continue for at least another two months.
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