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The bodies of 2 Bourbon Rhode team participants were recuperated overnight, bringing the main casualty to 3 after the pull sank throughout Hurricane Lorenzo last Thursday.

Bourbon Offshore verified the casualties in an upgrade on search and also rescue procedures. The bodies of both sufferers have actually been recuperated and also were moved to the French navy “Ventôse”, which got here on scene on Monday to join the on-going search procedure.

According to the Bourbon, 10 business vessels have actually been set in motion in the search location given that the search and also rescue procedures started on September 26. Daily overflights are executed by a Falcon 50 coming from the French Navy with assistance from a UNITED STATE Coast Guard C130 Hercules airplane. The Vent ôse, gone along with by its helicopter “Panther”, is likewise on scene working with the search.

The Bourgon Rhode, with 14 individuals aboard, sank last Thursday throughout a trip from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to Georgetown, Guyana after cruising as well near to the eye of Hurricane Lorenzo, a significant classification 4 typhoon at the time.

Three team participants were saved to life from a liferaft. Bourbon verified the very first casualty on Monday.

The search proceeds for 8 missing out on team participants.

“On behalf of all BOURBON employees, I would like to pay tribute to the deceased sailors. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones who are grieving over this dramatic event,” claimed Bourbon’s chief executive officer Ga ël Bod énès. “We stand in full solidarity with them in this ordeal and assure them of our strongest support. Research operations are continuing on this sixth day and the mobilization of the maritime world is unprecedented. I would like to express our gratitude to all the research teams and those who volunteer.”

The Luxembourg- flagged Bourbon Rhode is a 49.5-meter dual azimuth demanding drive pull with 100 statistics bunch bollard pull. The vessel was constructed in 2006 and also is classified byBureau Veritas It is outfitted with one Norsafe rescue craft with davit, along with liferafts. The vessel has actually ranked rate of 13.5 knots.

The rescue is being worked with by the Regional Operational Center of Surveillance and also Rescue (Cross) of West Indies-Guyana