首先纠正上篇的几个错误:尸体和救生衣于10月6日被发现,而非10月1日,并且两者分开;香港方面出动的是固定翼飞机而非直升机。向大家表示歉意。
根据ABS-CBN的报道,10月6日,菲律宾方面公布了帆船 “Europa”失踪事件的新进展。根据菲律宾海岸警卫队的发言人中校 Armand Balilo 表示,10月6日,有人在 “Europa” 帆船发出求救信息的附近海域,发现了尸体,救生衣,以及一些漂浮在海上的燃油。
“一架菲律宾海岸警卫队的备用飞机发现……一些迹象,可能帆船已经在附近沉没。”Armand Balilo 在接受ABS-CBN的采访时说。
“他们看到了一具浮动的尸体,一件救生衣,以及一些油迹。”
Armand Balilo 表示,根据菲律宾方面从香港海事救援协调中心得到的通知,后者已经派出三艘船,在“Europa”10月1日发出的求救信号附近海域进行搜寻。搜寻范围包括在菲律宾北部城市拉瓦格西边426公里(230海里)。
同时,菲律宾方面也确认了几名船员的身份信息。分别是,英国公民 Robin Wyatt(他也是船东)和 Brian Turner;一名美国公民 Alan Lundy ,一名加拿大公民 Harry Taylor 和一名菲律宾公民 Rudulph Bolloloz。
Armand Balilo 办公室还表示, “Europa” 帆船有很明显的迹象,表明他们曾努力避开“彩虹”风暴(10月1日在菲律宾登陆,10月4日在中国登陆并转为强台风),当时,他们正驶向拉瓦格以南 70 公里处的维甘。
60尺的帆船“Europa”于10月1日从香港出发前往菲律宾苏比克湾,根据预计时间,他们应该在10月5日前到达菲律宾。根据香港皇家游艇会的消息,船东 Robin Wyatt 和几名船员都是经验丰富老道的航海老手,在过去多次跨越南中国海海域。
“彩虹”目前已经造成菲律宾3名人员死亡,13名渔民下落不明。10月4日在中国登陆后,“彩虹”造成中国境内7名人员死亡。
以下为ABC-CBN的原文:
A yacht crewed by four Westerners and a Filipino is feared sunk after Typhoon Mujigae (Tropical Storm Kabayan) hit the West Philippine Sea last week, the Philippine Coast Guard said Tuesday.
An unidentified body and a life jacket were spotted Tuesday on an oil-slicked sea near the 18.2-meter (60-foot) Europa's last known position, said coastguard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo.
"A Philippine coastguard auxiliary plane... found indications that the yacht sank at the vicinity," he said in an ABS-CBN News interview.
"They saw a lifeless body floating and a life jacket and traces of oil."
He said Hong Kong's Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre told the Filipino agency it has sent three vessels to search the area, 426 kilometres (230 nautical miles) west of the northern Philippine city of Laoag.
Balilo's office issued a statement naming the missing crew members as Britons Robin Wyatt and Brian Turner, Alan Lundy of the United States, Canadian Harry Taylor and Filipino Rudulph Bolloloz.
The yacht had apparently been trying to steer clear of the storm and was heading toward the city of Vigan 70 kilometres south of Laoag, it added.
A Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club statement said the Hong Kong-registered boat was owned by Wyatt, whom it described as a yacht broker and experienced sailor who had hoped to reach the Filipino port of Subic Bay on Monday.
"The boat is new and on board are the skipper Robin Wyatt and four other crew members, all of whom are very experienced seamen; each having crossed the (South) China Sea a number of times," it added.
Mujigae killed seven people after hitting southern China on Sunday. Balilo said the storm earlier killed three people in the Philippines while 13 fishermen are missing.
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