MAKHACHKALA, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - The search for nine sailors missing from a Russian cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea since Saturday morning has resumed, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday.
Rescuers found a raft with three sailors on board on Tuesday night. The men were from the Kamyust-1 ship, which was carrying 2,200 metric tons of steel feed, en route from Astrakhan to the Iranian port of Enzeli.
The rescued sailors have been taken to Makhachkala, the capital of the North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, where they will receive medical treatment.
A helicopter may join the search operation for the missing sailors.
