The search for the 41-year-old Senegalese seafarer who has been missing off the coast of Golfo Aranci since the evening of 10 August continues, after the clash between the passenger ship Tirrenia and the fishing vessel Alemax II which took place near the islet of Capo Figari.
Still no trace of Mandi, this is the name of the man , father of three children who are in Senegal with his wife.
During the night , however, the sea returned some pieces of the fishing boat , now being examined by the investigators of the Tempio Pausania prosecutor who have opened an investigation into the matter, at the moment without suspects.
As far as we know, they are small pieces of the hull that testify to the great violence of the impact between the two boats. The Alemax II had left the port of Golfo Aranci and was intent on fishing, two people on board. Captain Mario Langiu was rescued by a sailboat as his fishing boat sank.
Hearing from the Coast Guard, he reconstructed the incident as follows: "It was a sudden collision - he declared -. I only had time to see the vessel overwhelm the trawler by the bow, which disintegrated before my eyes .'
The search for the missing person was not interrupted even during the night: the Coast Guard operates with the support of an Air Force helicopter, today checks were intensified in the stretch of sea - very large in truth - in which the remains of the fishing boat .
(Unioneonline/L)
