(UPDATED) The Philippine Coast Guard identifies the cargo vessel as Hong Kong-registered MV Vienna Wood, as it searches for the 14 missing crew of fishing boat Liberty 5 off Mindoro
COAST GUARD. Philippine Coast Guard personnel on patrol in Manila Bay on May 14, 2020. File photo by Ben Nabong/Rappler
The PCG ship BRP Boracay has been deployed to the waters off Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro to search for the missing Filipinos. An aerial search has also been launched using the coast guard’s Islander plane and a light twin-engine helicopter, while another vessel will be added to the effort, PCG spokesperson Commodore Arman Balilo said in a message to reporters early Monday.
The Vienna Wood’s captain reported the incident, Balilo said. The vessel, which carried no cargo at the time of the incident, is “now being escorted by a PCG vessel to Batangas,” he added. The fishing boat’s owner Irma Fishing and Trading first flagged it as missing after it failed to pull into the Navotas Fish Port where it was expected to dock at 7 am Sunday.
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