In the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait crashed dry cargo ship "Heroes of Arsenal", which loaded with grain went to Turkey. According to preliminary data on board there were 12 people, while only one is saved, the rest are listed as missing.

The emergency occurred at 4 am in a three-point storm 15 kilometers from Taman. The search involved 139 rescuers, 16 units of equipment and 8 boats. Six divers are sent to the place of emergency. A rescue helicopter with rescuers on board and a Falcon 300 submarine. In addition to searching the sea and the air, rescuers and volunteers check the coastline. Rescue work was led by the ship "Rescuer Demidov". The search is complicated by the fact that the dry cargo ship disappeared from the radar at night, at the crash site high waves, the wind blows up to 20 meters per second.

The dry cargo ship crew - 9 citizens of Ukraine, 1 - citizen of Georgia, 2 Russians. Length of dry cargo vessel is 113.87 meters, width - 13.19 meters. Home port - Chersonese. The vessel gave the SOS signal at a location where the depth is 100 meters.

The temperature of the water outside is only 7-8 degrees. The rescued sailor has a severe hypothermia, he was hospitalized in the hospital of Kerch. The rescued is a citizen of Ukraine.

The Russian Federation instituted criminal proceedings on the grounds of the crime provided for in part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the Rules for the Safety of the Movement and Operation of Sea and Inland Water Transport") ".