惠州海域一渔船发生碰撞 粤港接力10渔民获救 【编辑:叶攀】

　中新网广州1月20日电 (郭军 康乐)20日凌晨，一艘汕尾渔船与一外籍帆船在惠州大星山附近海域相撞遇险，遇险渔民中9人被附近渔船救起，1人落水，经交通运输部南海救助局救助船与香港特区政府飞行服务队直升机接力施救，10人获救。

记者从交通运输部南海救助局了解到，当日晨3时11分，该局接到岸上报警人陈生转渔船“粤南澳渔23012”险情信息，称渔船“粤汕尾渔12444”和外籍帆船“VESTAS 11THHOUR”在惠州市惠东县大星山西南约32海里处相撞，“粤汕尾渔12444”船上共有10人，其中9人被过往渔船“粤南澳渔23012”救起，还有1名落水渔民正在被施救，请求救助。

　接报后南海救助局值班室立即指令在大星山附近值守待命的“南海救111”轮出动。6时20分，“南海救111”轮抵达事故现场，当时偏北风7级，救助人员小心翼翼从渔船“粤南澳渔23012”接救9名遇险渔民，并对获救遇险渔民进行安抚，获救渔民身体状况良好，由救助船转移回岸。

　9时50分，“南海救111”轮将9名脱险渔民安全送达上岸，由相关单位后续接应。

　　另获悉，在4时40分，最后一名落水渔民被成功救起，并由香港救助直升机接至岸上救治

--what's going on? it seems 外籍帆船VESTAS 11THHOUR is still on a racing 2017-18?

Our team is deeply saddened to report that the blue boat has collided with a fishing boat. Unfortunately, a fatality has occurred amongst the crew of the fishing vessel involved.

Vestas 11th Hour Racing, a British Cayman registered vessel with a multinational team competing in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, collided with a fishing vessel near Hong Kong. The fishing vessel had ten crew members, one of whom was seriously injured in the collision and was subsequently airlifted by the Hong Kong Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (HKMRCC) to a Hong Kong hospital. HKMRCC has since confirmed the death of the crew member.

On behalf of Vestas 11th Hour Racing and the Volvo Ocean Race, we offer our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the deceased.

The incident occurred approximately 30 miles from the finish of Leg 4, outside of Hong Kong waters. Race Control at Volvo Ocean Race headquarters was informed of the collision by the team moments after it happened at approximately 17:23 UTC on Friday January 19, 2018 (01:23 local time on Saturday morning).

The Vestas 11th Hour Racing team issued a Mayday distress call on behalf of the other vessel, alerting HKMRCC and undertook a search and rescue mission. HKMRCC informed Race Control that a commercial vessel in the area was able to rescue nine of the crew and that a tenth crew member was taken by helicopter to hospital. None of the Vestas 11th Hour Racing crew were injured in the collision
 
Vestas 11th Hour Racing and the Volvo Ocean Race are now focused on providing immediate support to those affected by this incident and are co-operating with the authorities in the ongoing investigation.