‘Hihvaru’ survivors arrive in Addu City
12 Dec 2012, 12:52 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) search team yesterday returned to the Maldives with the eight survivors found aboard the boat ‘Hihvaru’, which was lost and later capsized while travelling to Huvadhu Atoll from Male’. The vessel originally departed with nine men and a child aboard.
However, authorities confirmed Tuesday (December 10) that a foreign national and a 76 year-old male from Rathafandhoo in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll had died before they could be located by the rescue team.
According to the MNDF, the eight survivors were brought to Addu City and immediately admitted to Hithadhoo Regional Hospital for treatment after arriving yesterday (December 11) at 8:00pm.
The right survivors were said by the MNDF to be in good health upon their arrival in Addu City, with no one critically injured.
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