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Sunken ship recovered in Hamburg’s Elbe – one person still missing
Rescuers continue to search for a missing person in the Elbe after a shipwreck. According to the police, there is no longer any hope of finding him alive.
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After a ship accident in the port of Hamburg, rescue workers searched for hours for a missing person. In vain – the man’s body was recovered from the Elbe.
After an accident near Hamburg’s Köhlbrand Bridge on Thursday morning, a few hours later there was sad certainty. The ship’s master was rescued dead from the Elbe, police and fire departments reported, according to the “Hamburger Abendblatt”.
According to current findings, the dead man was said to have been a crew member of a mooring boat that collided with a push convoy shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Divers and emergency services in boats and a police helicopter searched for him in vain for hours that evening. D
Ship accident in Hamburg: search for missing person temporarily suspended
The emergency services stopped searching for the missing man at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday. According to the fire brigade, the danger for the divers had become too great with the oncoming tide and the rapid current in the Elbe, which was many meters deep at this point. In addition, the water was only six degrees, meaning a life rescue was ruled out after around four hours, a police spokeswoman said on Thursday morning.
It is the second ship accident in Hamburg within two days. A freighter carrying 3,500 liters of diesel and 1,400 tons of potassium chloride sank on Tuesday. According to the environmental agency, 5,000 square meters of water was contaminated by leaking diesel.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated.