Upon notification of the situation, coordination was established by the AAKK Center of the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs, and the evacuation of the Japanese 1st Regional RCC Center and the captain and Turkish citizen seafarers on the ship were carried out by helicopter.
The captain of the ship named YASA JUPITER, which was taken to the hospital, will be brought to Türkiye after the analysis and controls.
The following statements were used in the statement made by the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs:
“Due to the sickness of the captain of the YASA JUPITER ship sailing off the coast of Japan, our AAKK Center coordinated the evacuation of the Japanese 1st Regional RCC Center and the Turkish citizen personnel by helicopter. Our captain will return home after the checks.”