MANILA: Two mariners named Ati Kurina Hidayap and Floris JK Heeren died a fortuitous death by falling off the vessel. Both deaths took place within a week.
An Indonesian mariner Ati Kurina Hidayap, 21, fell off the Indonesian vessel TP Diwanik 1 on Sunday while it was unloading logs in Manila port the Police Guard said, according to local reports. The body of the Indonesian mariner is reported to have been recovered.
The death comes less than a week after Belgian mariner drowned after falling off the vessel Sebastian de Elcano on 4 November. The vessel was reported to be docked 1nm from the breakwater at Manila port when Floris JK Heeren and two colleagues were cleaning the lower deck of when they fell off. While the other two men were able to swim to safety Heeren died in the incident.
