Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations issues statement on three drowned people in Caspian

The Ministry of Emergency Situations received information about the fishing boat capsize as a result of strong wind in 6-10 km off the coasts, the ministry’s website reported.

Rescuers on the emergency aviation’s helicopters were immediately sent to the area. One of the drowned people, resident of Lankaran region Nurid Aziz Babayev, 34 was rescued. The body of his townsman Mehbaliyev Fazil Nadir, 54 was recovered later.

The rescuers are searching now the third one – resident of Lankaran, Hamidov Seyfullah Eynulla, 54.


/APA/