Statement from Minister Uraloğlu regarding the ship that ran aground in the Bosphorus: 13 people were rescued

Uraloğlu gave information on the subject in his written statement.

Pointing out that the first notice was received at 02.41 from the 97-meter-long ship, which experienced an engine malfunction while sailing from Kocaeli to Ukraine's Izmail Port, Uraloğlu said, "With the intervention of our KEGM teams, we safely evacuated 13 ship personnel on the ship named BYB OTHELLO, which ran aground due to engine malfunction at the northern exit of the Bosphorus." he said.

Uraloğlu stated that following the notice, the tugs Rescue-6 and Rescue-11 and the Bayrak-1 boat were dispatched to the region and emphasized that adverse weather conditions made it difficult to intervene from the sea.

Stating that the ship ran aground at 03.56, Uraloğlu stated that land rescue teams started working upon the ship captain's request for evacuation.

Uraloğlu emphasized that despite the adverse weather conditions, the evacuation of all personnel on the ship was completed with the traditional waragele system established by the teams in question and said:

"The Varagele system was established at 06.12 and the first personnel were evacuated at 06.28. All 13 personnel were rescued safely at 06.55. There is no adverse health condition of the evacuated personnel. In the first observations, no visible pollution was found in the sea."