Sailor missing as 2 vessels sink near Bhashan Char in BayA sailor has gone missing after two vessels sank near Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday.The lighter vessels were carrying goods from Chittagong Port to Narayanganj, said Mohammad Selim, deputy director of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA).The missing sailor was working on the 'Khaja Baba Faridpuri', which was laden with 1,700 metric tonnes of wheat, he told bdnews24.com. The other vessel that sank was called 'N Islam'. "The Khaja Baba started to sink in the waters one-nautical mile east off Bhashan Char. One member of its 13-strong crew remains unaccounted for," said Selim.Vessels are instructed to cross Bhashan Char during high tide, spending at least three hours for safe navigation. "'N Islam' sank when its hull cracked from crashing into another vessel near Bhashan Char, said the BIWTA official.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2019 16:07 UTC