The French woman of Ukrainian origin was not the only one who fell into the sea, as a 61-year-old Polish man had the same fate and was picked up injured
The death of the 40-year-old French woman has spread grief Anna Konontchouk who was killed during the international sailing race Aegean 600 in Karpathos.
The unfortunate Anna Konontchouk was a crew member on the sailing vessel Heaven. The 40-year-old woman was taken to the Kasos Regional Clinic where she was pronounced dead. He suffered a serious head injury.
She was not the only one who fell into the sea, as another had the same fate 61-year-old Pole who was collected injured.
The 40-year-old was of Ukrainian origin, and was fluent in French, Russian and Ukrainian, something she used professionally. He was professionally engaged in the tourism industry and real estate in the French Riviera. He is said to have had a passion for sailing and water sports.
O Aegean 600 it is one of the most important races with a large participation of foreign-flagged boats.
“Extreme conditions”
Speaking to SKAI, Konstantinos Antonopoulos, who is a crew member of a boat participating in the race, said that “at that point in Karpathio we knew that we would expect very difficult conditions. We reached 45-60 knots of wind (111 km/h), some moment we heard on the VHF the incident that there is a person in the sea”.
As Mr. Antonopoulos explained, “the conditions were extreme” to clarify afterwards that “it is up to each boat to make whatever move it wants, to abandon, to put up the storm sails. What they teach us in the safety seminars before the match is that we care about safety first”.
The announcement of the Coast Guard in detail
“In the evening hours yesterday, the Port Authority of Kasos was informed about the fall into the sea of ​​two members of the crew of a sailing (I/F) vessel under the Spanish flag, which was sailing northwest of the island. The crew members were gathered by the I/F, but a 40-year-old woman (a French national) was pulled out unconscious. Lifeboat LS-EL.AKT. went to the area, where it located the I/F and escorted it to the port of Kasos. From a doctor of P.P.I. The death of the 40-year-old foreigner was confirmed in Kasos, whose body is to be transferred to the Forensic Service of Rhodes for an autopsy. A preliminary investigation is carried out by the Kasos Port Authority.
“Also in the evening hours yesterday, the Port Authority of Karpathos was informed by the Unified Search and Rescue Coordination Center of the LS-EL.AKT. for the injury of a 61-year-old sailing ship (I/F) of a Polish-flagged vessel participating in the race. The I/F boat arrived safely at the port of Pigadion Karpathos accompanied by the E/R – A/P “NISOS SARIA” T. Diafaniou 24. The 61-year-old man disembarked and was transported by an EKAV ambulance to G.N. Karpathos. A preliminary investigation is being carried out by the Port Authority of Karpathos”.
Source: Skai
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