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Rescuers search third day for two missing fishermen in Tatar Strait
In short
Two men aged 37 and 45 left Siziman Bay in Khabarovsk Krai’s Vaninsky district on October 2 in a PVC boat with an outboard motor and have not been located since, the regional emergencies ministry said. Rescuers and a Mi-8 helicopter crew from the Khabarovsk aviation rescue centre are searching the Tatar Strait. The search was reported to be in its third day on Monday, October 5.
Why it matters
The search is a local emergency operation in the Tatar Strait, a body of water off Russia’s Far East coast. Reports give no information on the cause of the disappearance or on whether the men have been found, so the outcome remains open.
Key facts
- Two fishermen, aged 37 and 45, have been missing in the Tatar Strait since October 2. [ 2 ]
- They left Siziman Bay in Vaninsky district on a PVC boat with an outboard motor. [ 2 ]
- Rescuers and a Mi-8 helicopter crew from the Khabarovsk aviation rescue centre are taking part in the search. [ 2 ]
- The emergencies ministry’s Khabarovsk Krai press service said the men’s whereabouts remain unknown. [ 2 ]
- The search was reported to be in its third day. [ 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Whether the two men have been found or the search has ended. All three documents describe the search as ongoing; none reports a result.
- The circumstances that led to the disappearance. No document gives a cause; Interfax cites only police data on the departure.
- The names of the missing men and the boat’s registration details. Only ages and the boat type are given, in a single document.
What local media are saying
Official sourcesTASS and RIA Novosti carried short headline-level reports: two fishermen missing in the Tatar Strait, with rescuers searching for a third day for men from Khabarovsk Krai.
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Business mediaInterfax carried the only detailed account, citing the emergencies ministry’s Khabarovsk Krai press service and district police data for the men’s ages, departure point, date and boat type.
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Timeline, local time
- TASS reports two fishermen missing in the Tatar Strait. [ 1 ]
- Interfax reports that rescuers and a Mi-8 helicopter crew are searching for the two fishermen, citing the emergencies ministry’s Khabarovsk Krai press service. [ 2 ]
- RIA Novosti reports that rescuers are in their third day of searching for the two fishermen from Khabarovsk Krai. [ 3 ]