Passengers Evacuated from the Moskovsky-11 Motor Ship That Ran Aground on the Lena in Yakutia
The Moskovsky-11 motor ship, traveling from Yakutsk to Nizhny Bestyakh, ran aground approximately 500 meters from the shore between the Maly and Bolshoy Khatastyr islands. There were more than a hundred passengers on board, including 40 children, and three crew members. The evacuation is being carried out using hovercraft: according to the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of Yakutia, as of 18:17 local time, 68 people have been evacuated.
Sevara Azamova