Copenhagen - Eight sailors died when their Netherlands-registered freighter was wrecked in a heavy Atlantic Ocean storm on Sunday, the Danish company J. Poulsen Shipping A/S said yesterday. Three of the 11-member crew of the Sky Bird survived and were picked up in a lifeboat by a Greek ship which answered the stricken vessel's distress call on Sunday between Canada and the Azores.
Atlantic storm sinks freighter
Copenhagen - Eight sailors died when their Netherlands-registered freighter was wrecked in a heavy Atlantic Ocean storm on Sunday…
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