PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad– Sixteen days after the St Vincent-registered cargo vessel MV Fair Chance capsized off the coast of Trinidad, the bodies of the last three crew members have been found.
A statement issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG) said that vessel, which capsized on April 2 en route to St. Vincent, had been re-floated with the police and coast guard personnel boarding it via a hole cut in its deck over the Easter weekend and finding three bodies inside.
Two crew members – Johnel McIntosh of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Derrol Small of Grenada – were rescued. Still, the captain of St. Vincent’s registered vessel, Dexter Chance, Devon Celestine, Eric Calliste, Owen Prescott, and Quincy Baptiste, were not found.
Last week the TTCG previous week said it recovered the body of one other person in the vessel that capsized five nautical miles north of Monos Island after its cargo onboard shifted to one side,
As part of the search exercise, a commercial salvage company was contracted to assist in cutting a hole in the vessel’s deck to access its contents. The salvage company then re-floated the ship, an exercise completed on Easter Sunday. On Monday, members of the TTCG accompanied by police officers entered the vessel and found three bodies removed to the Forensic Science Centre.
The TTCG said that one person remains unaccounted for and that the search will continue for the individual who was not identified.
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