WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 286418 [post_author] => 28 [post_date] => 2023-03-03 22:44:26 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-03-03 22:44:26 [post_content] => By Vel Moonien in Mauritius, On Sunday, February 19th, a 98-ton Taiwanese-flagged longliner named Lien Sheng Fa lost radio contact with Taipei while cruising in international waters in the Indian Ocean, 215 nautical miles from Rodrigues Island – a dependency of Mauritius Island. At the time, intense tropical cyclone Freddy was approaching, with gusts estimated at 280 km/h near its eye. The Lien Sheng Fa was carrying 16 crew members, including a Taiwanese captain and 15 Indonesians, on a fishing campaign in the north of the Indian Ocean. Late in the evening of Thursday, February 23rd, Taiwanese authorities contacted the... [post_title] => 16 Crew Missing from Taiwanese Longliner Capsized During Cyclone Freddy   [post_excerpt] => By Vel Moonien in Mauritius, On Sunday, February 19th, a 98-ton Taiwanese-flagged longliner named Lien Sheng Fa lost radio contact with Taipei while cruising in international waters in the Indian Ocean, 215 nautical miles from Rodrigues Island – ... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => 16-crew-missing-from-taiwanese-longliner-capsized-during-cyclone-freddy [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-03-03 22:44:26 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-03-03 22:44:26 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://gcaptain.com/?p=178296 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )