Posted by Steve Mayes on December 20, 19103 at 13:28:09:
Friday, December 19, 2003
ALBANY, New York (AP) -- A body believed to be that of a missing crew member was found Friday in the cargo hold of a ship that capsized in port.
Three crew members have been missing since the ship tipped over while being loaded with steel turbines on the Hudson River last week. The body was not immediately identified.
The missing men are all from St. Petersburg, Russia.
Salvage divers noticed the body while trying to seal the flooded cargo space so the ship could be turned upright. The divers could not immediately retrieve the body because of its position and low visibility in the water.
Investigators have not determined what caused the 289-foot ship to capsize. It was loaded with 661 tons of steel turbines bound for Italy and Romania