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Three sailors
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Three
sailors were rescued when a Manila-registered
vessel sprang a major leak and started to sink
off the coast of Batu Pahat.
Two Malaysian Maritime Enforce-ment Agency
patrol boats arrived to evacuate the sailors
half an hour after receiving a distress call
from the boat’s owner.
The three were an Australian and two Malaysians,
all aged between 34 and 48.
The rescuers then used a water pump to remove
water from the M.Y. Monica and later towed it to
Batu Pahat for repairs.
The M.Y. Monica left Danga Bay in Johor Baru on
Oct 13 and was on its way to Pulau Pangkor when
the leak occured.
The agency’s southern region chief First
Admiral Che Hassan Jusoh said a distress call
was received from the boat owner
on Wednesday morning who reported that his
vessel suffered a major leak.
Che Hassan said that it was believed that the
leak occurred in the engine room.
The vessel was towed to Batu Pahat for repairs
as soon as the water was pumped out.
Source: The
STAR NATION
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