In addition to the missing person, there was another person on board the 40 meter long inland vessel. He was taken out of the water by the emergency services and is easily approachable.
Initially, a diving team from the fire service searched for the missing person. Those divers have since returned to the barracks. “Currently divers from a private party are looking for the missing person in the ship,” said the spokesman for RijnmondVeilig.
It is still unknown what cargo the capsized ship was carrying, but RijnmondVeilig reports that no dangerous cargo is taken into account. The ship is currently being held steady by two other ships to prevent it from drifting.
The inland vessel capsized on a busy part of the Nieuwe Waterweg.