Fishing vessel takes on water near Adak

The Coast Guard says the Alaska Juris, a 229- foot fishing vessel, was reported to be taking on water Tuesday afternoon in the Aleutians. The Coast Guard reports 46 people in survival suits abandoned ship in three life rafts. As of 4 p.m., the Coast Guard was on the way to the ship which was 174 miles from Adak.

The ship is owned by the Fishing Company of Alaska, which is based in Seattle. Another FCA vessel, the Alaska Ranger, sank in 2008, killing five people.

A second Good Samaritan vessel arrived to help rescue 46 people who abandoned a fishing boat in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

The names of the two Good Samaritan ships are the Spar Canis and the Vienna Express.

The crew of the 220-foot Alaska Juris donned survival suits and got into three rafts after the fishing vessel started taking on water Tuesday morning about 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor

There have been no reported injuries to the 46 crew members, and the Coast Guard will investigate.

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