Five mariners dead from gas poisoning on LPG carrier

摘要

Five seafarers have died aboard an Indian LPG tanker from gas poisoning, SAS was told. The chief officer, chief engineer, and four other crew members of 23,878gt Maharshi Krishnatreya were inside the LPG tanker's compressor room carrying out some work when poisonous gas "overcame" them on the morning of 5 November, a representative from owner and operator Varun Shipping told SAS. Another seafarer was injured and later hospitalised.