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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Cagayan de Oro: Huge waves strand vessel off strait (9:45 p.m.)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Rescue teams and the Coast Guard office in Surigao del Sur are readying transport of passengers of a stranded vessel caught by huge waves off the Surigao strait at past 8 a.m. Wednesday.
According to radio reports, the engines of the vessel MV Shuttle Ferry Queen malfunctioned after huge waves clogged its mechanisms, causing it to stop right in the middle of the strait.
The vessel had just come from Leyte and was headed to Lipanta, Surigao del Sur when they were caught by the huge waves caused by the tropical storm "Bebeng."
The Surigao office of the Coast Guard said a vessel called the MV Maharlika headed to the site to fetch part of the estimated 33 passengers and the 16 crew members of the MV Shuttle Ferry Queen.
As of 4 p.m., the Coast Guard and some rescue teams are busily transferring the passengers and fixing any glitches in the vessel's engines.
This came even as a pumpboat carrying nine passengers sank after hitting a piece of wood also at the Surigao strait sometime Wednesday afternoon.
The Coast Guard said eight of the nine passengers were rescued while one passenger identified as Florencia Alinsuhod went missing. (Stephen Capillas of Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro)
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