Information provided by the illegal British government that usurps the Argentine islands at 10 in the morning today, indicates that the FV ARGOS GEORGIA, a longline vessel dedicated to fishing for Black Hake; It ended up sinking at 4 pm yesterday, after its crew tried to resolve the rupture in its hull through which sea water began to leak and which caused it to go into emergency.

 "Following an incident yesterday afternoon about 200 nautical miles east of Stanley that caused uncontrolled flooding, 27 crew members of the fishing vessel Argos Georgia were forced to abandon ship shortly after 4 PM local time, and "crew members boarded life rafts. The BFSAI A- 400M 'Atlas' was the first active on the scene and was able to track and report the position and position of the life rafts," the Kelpers government reported in a statement issued this week. tomorrow.

It also indicates that planes from the British and NATO military base of Monte Agradable, specifically the Airbus Atlas 400 M and the Airbus 330 Voyager , operated throughout the night trying to locate the drifting rafts.

 In addition, the FPV patrol vessel Lilibet - a coast guard acquired in 2021 by the illegal government to control fishing; and two fishing boats that operate in the area also joined the search.

 "Operating at extreme distance, a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter" from the same military base “attempted to recover” the 27 crew yesterday afternoon, “but the attempt was unsuccessful due to the extremely challenging weather,” they reported. .

For this reason, the helicopter returned to its base “to refuel before a second attempt, but the weather worsened further and rotary wing SAR operations were suspended. As of this morning, weather conditions mean that the search area is off limits for helicopter SAR operations, but the situation is being reviewed periodically with a view to resuming operations as soon as possible." , which anticipates providing further updates as the search evolves.