The video of the rescue of the Egyptian navy from the cargo ship wreck that occurred this morning off Lesvos is shocking.

In the brief footage released by the Navy, it is captured the moment the survivor of the naval tragedyis pulled from the icy waters by a special basket dropped from the helicopter involved in the operation to locate the crew members of the cargo cargo ship RAPTOR that sank in the sea area 4.5 nautical miles southwest of the island.

According to information, the sailor rescued from the shipwreck spoke about a water inflow problem in his first statements.

As he mentioned the inflow of water had been observed since Saturday night and the crew was trying to remove the water from the ship, as this instruction was given by the company.

“I saw them dive into the sea before the ship sank but 5 people…Not sure of the number,” he said among other things.

The castaway was taken to Mytilini hospital.

Meanwhile, a body of a man, a member of the crew, was found in the sea of ​​Lesvos.

The body was found by a passing ship and is being transported to the port of Mytilene.

Under adverse weather conditions searches continue in the maritime area southwest of Lesvos, to locate the sailors of the cargo ship RAPTOR with the Comoros flag.

A total of 8 parasailing vessels, a frigate of the Navy are involved in the investigation, while a helicopter was also involved from the air in the morning hours.

The RAPTOR had a total of 14 crew members (One Indian, eleven Egyptians and two Syrians) and was transporting salt from Egypt to Istanbul.

The master of the bulk carrier had initially declared a mechanical failure and then a slight list of the ship.

Activated the mayday distress signal to passing vessels but the RAPTOR was lost to radar.

There was a strong wave in the area of ​​the wreck.