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墨西哥海域搜救结束,11人失踪,航行目的不明

一艘船在恩塞纳达远海倾覆后,16人获救。估计仍有11人失踪,航行目的以及幸存者最新的身体状况仍不清楚。

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美国海岸警卫队已暂停搜救,但估计有11人的下落仍未明。一艘载有27人的船只在墨西哥太平洋沿岸远海倾覆后,救援人员救起16名生还者。多国联合搜救于10月18日星期日傍晚停止时,其余人员仍下落不明——并未确认死亡。1

暂停搜救留下了两种不同的不确定性:失踪人员遭遇了什么,以及这艘船为何驶到如此远的海域。海岸警卫队官员将船只所在位置与疑似海上走私活动联系起来,并严厉警告贩运者。然而,他们的一名官员明确指出了信息的局限:他们不知道这艘特定船只为何在那里、当时在做什么。1

关键事实

  1. 16从海中获救的人数 1
  2. ~11搜救停止时仍失踪的人数 14
  3. >2,441 sq mi搜救人员覆盖的区域 14

这艘船于10月16日星期五在墨西哥恩塞纳达以西约140英里处倾覆。飞机和船只搜寻至周末。海岸警卫队、墨西哥当局和美国海军合计记录了89小时的搜救作业后,行动暂停。这个数字是搜救人员作业时数的总和;并不意味着从紧急事件发生到搜救暂停一共过了89小时。1 4

在漂浮的残骸间展开救援

10月16日当地时间凌晨1点左右,海岸警卫队值班人员接到紧急警报,求救电话称一艘船正在进水。这确定了警报发出的时间,但并非船只倾覆的准确时刻。约一小时后,直升机机组抵达,发现有人在残骸间漂浮。1 13

救援人员花了约90分钟将16名幸存者从海中救起。他们各自的受困时间可能更长:报道没有说明救援人员抵达前,每个人已经在海里待了多久。圣地亚哥·坦布里尼中尉称,人们互相依靠,并抓住任何仍漂浮在水面上的东西。1

人们互相抓着彼此,抓着残骸,只能踩水并努力浮在水面上,等待获救。

圣地亚哥·坦布里尼中尉 1

据雅虎引用的美联社报道,墨西哥驻圣迭戈领事馆确认,获救的16人均为墨西哥国民。他们先被送往圣迭戈的一处海岸警卫队基地,随后被送往当地医院。1

其中一些人伤势严重。根据雅虎的报道,海岸警卫队二级士官查理·瓦洛尔于10月18日告诉《纽约时报》,有三名幸存者因符合鲨鱼咬伤特征的伤势接受治疗。加拿大广播公司报道称,两名幸存者病情危重。目前尚未证实这两人是否属于因疑似咬伤而接受治疗的三人,10月19日的报道中也没有后续经确认的医疗状况更新。1

这些区别很重要。被描述为符合鲨鱼咬伤特征的伤势,并不能证明是鲨鱼导致船只倾覆。有关疑似咬伤和病情危重患者的不同报道,也不能拼凑成一份关于谁受了何种伤的单一叙述。

海岸警卫队西南区参谋长约瑟夫·缪斯上尉在10月19日的一份声明中描述了此次行动的艰难,这份声明由雅虎转载。“暂停搜救从来都不容易,而这是一起情况极为复杂的案件,事发地远离海岸,天气恶劣,”他说,并感谢墨西哥和美国海军的协调与协助。声明描述的是救援人员面临的状况;它并未证明恶劣天气是船只倾覆的原因。1

怀疑并非航程记录

调查如今必须查明救援行动无法确定的事实。雅虎报道称,海岸警卫队于10月18日确认,国土安全调查局将牵头调查,美国海关与边境保护局正在询问幸存者。这些安排归因于海岸警卫队,而非来自调查机构另行发布的声明。现有报道并未证实任何访谈结果、已确认的船只运营者、刑事指控或有关航程的结论。1

因此,官方警告与针对这艘船的调查结论之间仍有很大差距。罗伯特·塔克上尉表示,船上载有大量人员,且沿着“通常用于非法海上走私活动的航线”行驶。缪斯的声明措辞更为强烈,指责人口贩运者漠视生命,并危及乘客和救援人员。两份声明都没有提供这趟航行经核实的出发地点、目的地或目的。1

坦布里尼作出了必要的限定:“那个区域的船只可能用于捕鱼、休闲或个人娱乐。我们只是不知道他们在那里做什么。我们都知道那是一条疑似走私路线。”一条与走私活动有关的航线构成调查理由,却不能证明沿线每艘船都在从事走私。墨西哥国籍同样不能证明任何人的移民身份。1

离岸距离有助于确定紧急事件发生的位置,却无法解释这趟航程。调查人员仍须查明船只从哪里出发、驶向何处、为何倾覆,以及谁应对此负责。对幸存者而言,尚未得到答复的问题还包括他们的医疗康复情况。对于估计仍失踪的11人,最基本的问题依然是他们的下落。现有报道没有公布恢复远海搜寻的时间表。1

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  1. Rescuers pulled sixteen people from the ocean after their boat capsized. The Coast Guard has suspended its search with an estimated eleven others still missing. Twenty-seven people were aboard, and the missing passengers haven't been confirmed dead.
  2. What happened to those still missing, and what brought this boat so far offshore, remain unresolved. The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday evening, October eighteenth, after American and Mexican crews spent the weekend looking for the remaining passengers.
  3. The boat capsized in the Pacific on October sixteenth, about 140 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico. The survivors eventually reached San Diego for medical care. The offshore location gives investigators a starting point, but the boat's intended route is still unclear.
  4. Distress calls came in around one in the morning, local time, reporting a vessel taking on water. Helicopter crews arrived about an hour later. They found people floating among debris. Recovering the sixteen survivors from the water took around ninety minutes.
  5. Coast Guard Lieutenant Santiago Tamburini described people holding onto each other and debris, treading water and struggling to stay above the surface. The ninety minutes describes the recovery operation. Each survivor's total time in the sea is still unclear.
  6. Mexico's consulate in San Diego identified all sixteen rescued people as Mexican nationals. Crews took them to a Coast Guard base in San Diego, then to local hospitals. Some survivors needed treatment for injuries that officials described as consistent with shark bites.
  7. Petty Officer Charlie Valor said three survivors received treatment for those suspected bite injuries. Two survivors were reportedly in critical condition. It's unclear whether those two were among the three treated for suspected bites. There's been no further confirmed medical update.
  8. The Coast Guard, Mexican authorities and the U.S. Navy searched more than 2,441 square miles. Together, they logged eighty-nine hours of search effort. That total adds up the crews' search hours across the operation. Aircraft and vessels continued looking through the weekend.
  9. Captain Joseph Meuse described the search as far offshore and in rough weather. In his October nineteenth statement, he thanked Mexico and the U.S. Navy for their coordination and assistance. He said suspending a search was never easy.
  10. Coast Guard officials also linked the location to suspected maritime smuggling. Captain Robert Tucker said the heavily occupied vessel followed a route normally used in illegal smuggling operations. He warned that offshore conditions could quickly kill people.
  11. Tucker called the route one normally used for illegal maritime smuggling. But Tamburini said boats in that area could be fishing or used for recreation. His description of this voyage was explicit. “We just don't know what they were doing out there.”
  12. Meuse also accused human traffickers of disregarding human life and endangering passengers and rescue crews. Those comments went beyond what officials had determined about this boat. Investigators still have to determine its purpose, and officials haven't identified the passengers' immigration status.
  13. The Coast Guard said Homeland Security Investigations will lead the inquiry, and Customs and Border Protection is interviewing survivors. The agency confirmed those assignments on October eighteenth. Investigators haven't announced what the interviews have revealed about the voyage or the capsizing.
  14. The boat's departure point and intended destination are still unclear. Sixteen people reached medical care, while an estimated eleven remained missing when the search stopped. The Coast Guard hasn't announced a timetable for resuming the offshore search.

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