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Vikhr 7 deployed to ferry with fire on board
On Jan 12, 2017, the fire fighting boat "Vikhr 7" was deployed to the Azerbaijan flagged ferry "Akademik Zarifa Aliyeva", 8547 gt (IMO-No.: 9297838), of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping after a smoke development in the engine room of the ship in the Caspian Sea. The ferry was off Khara, south of Baku, at that time and was towed towards Baku by the tug "Irgiz" (IMO: 8423260). Also a helicopter was deployed to the ship the crew of which managed to put out the electrical fire. The ferry was serving the route Turkmenistan – Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan. Report with photos: http://en.apa.az/azerbaijani-news/accidents-incidents-news/academician-zarifa-aliyeva-ferry-brought-ashore-by-a-tugboat.html
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