MMEA: Two missing KM Avatar crew found, one dead


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 15 Jun 2017

MELAKA: Two crew members of the container ship KM Avatar who went missing after the ship sank off Tanjung Kling were found Thursday morning, with one of them dead and the other alive.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency's Negri Sembilan/Melaka director Maritime Capt Ahmad Faridi Ferdaus said the duo were found 11.8 nautical miles from Tanjung Kling here at 9.40am by a search and rescue team.

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