University Daily Kansan, August 29, 1984
Page 12
NATION AND WORLD
Damaged freighter's crew near rescue
By United Press International
SAN DIEGO — A Cypriot freighter with a 23-man crew lay disabled in the water off the coast of Mexico yesterday, a gaping whole ripped in its bow by Hurricane Lowell, as Coast Guard C-130 planes circled overhead awaiting the arrival of rescue ships.
The drama was unfolding in the Pacific Ocean about 900 miles southwest of San Diego, the Coast Guard said. Officers said the captain wanted to abandon ship but was advised to keep the crewm aboard.
"They are much better off staying aboard," one officer said. "The air crew reported the ship is riding pretty well."
The vessel Blue Falcon was en route from Honolulu to Panama with 5,000 tons of general cargo aboard
when it crossed the path of Hurricane Lowell during the night. It was pounded by winds up to 75 mph and rough seas.
The ship did not appear to be in imminent danger of sinking. Coast Guard spokesman Frank Brown said in Long Beach, Calif. He said the crew had managed to dive several pumps dripped into rough Coast Guard planes, and had pumped the one hold that was flooded.
However, the ship had lost its engines, Brown said. Electricity was restored and shaky communications were being maintained with the
Coast Guard. A merchant ship was diverted to the stricken vessel with instructions to stand by until a rescue Coast Cutter, the Venturous, arrives today.
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Brown said seas had dropped from 15 feet to about 12 and winds had subsided to less than 40 mph.
The Coast Guard got the first distress signal late Monday and the first C-130 from the mainland flew over at dawn.
Coast Guard spokesman Rick Woods in Long Beach said the San Diego-based aircraft dropped three pumps. The freighter crew was able to retrieve only one of them in the wake of an explosion that winds churning waves up to 15 feet
The skipper reported the single pump was unable to keep up with the water pouring in. Additional pumps were dropped by a second Coast Guard plane during the morning, but all were lost in rough seas.
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