Survivors of sunken ship return home
Eighteen Vietnamese crew who survived the sinking of Saigon Queen on October 30 were flown home on Singapore Airlines on November 6 and 7.
The ship’s captain and three sailors are still missing. The survivors were rescued by sailors on a Greek ship.
Each sailor will receive insurance compensation and VND3 million in support from Saigon Marine Transportation JSC, the owner of the Saigon Queen ship.
The company also paid for the survivors’ flights home.
The 6,500-tonne Saigon Queen, which was carrying timber, had departed Myanmar and was heading to India when the boat sank during a storm in the seas off Sri Lanka.