20 crew missing after ship runs aground in Surigao Norte amid Bising
Published April 20, 2021 7:42pm A search was under way Tuesday for 20 crew members missing in Surigao del Norte after their cargo ship ran aground while seeking shelter from rough waters churned up by a typhoon, the Philippine Coast Guard said. The crew abandoned the vessel laden with nickel ore on Monday after it hit the shore at Malimono town on the southern island of Mindanao. Eighteen of them were still in a life raft when contact was lost on Tuesday, coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said. The whereabouts of the other two are not known.