Two cargo ships collide in the Baltic Sea, and the authorities are searching for the art of the missing

Weather of Arabia - The Swedish Radio and Television Corporation reported, on Monday (December 13), quoting the Maritime Administration, that two cargo ships collided with each other in the Baltic Sea between the Danish island of Bornholm and the southern Swedish city of Ystad.

"Two cargo ships collided in the Baltic Sea between Ystad and Bornholm. According to the Swedish Maritime Administration, one of the ships has capsized, and rescue operations are now underway," the broadcaster quoted Jonas Franzen, director of communications at the Swedish Maritime Administration.

"One of the ships is overturned," Franzen said. "We don't know exactly how it happened. The lifeboats are at the site. But no one has been found yet. It's dark and very cold in the water."

According to the source, the 55-meter-long capsized ship "Karen Hoy" is registered in Denmark, and two people are missing on board, and the second in the United Kingdom is 90 meters long, and is still operating and its crew are fine.

The causes of the accident are not known yet, but the Danish cargo ship was heading to Denmark while the British were sailing towards the island of Gotland (Swedish)."

The Joint Defense Operations Center in Denmark said the accident occurred in Swedish territorial waters and that the two ships were sailing in the same direction when the collision occurred.

And participate in the search about ten boats from Sweden and Denmark. Several helicopters are also combing the area.