New Zealand navy ship runs aground off Samoa; all 75 aboard safe
Updates throughout with numbers and situation of passengers and crew on grounded New Zealand naval ship
By Lucy Craymer
Oct 5 (Reuters) -A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe and now safely in Samoa, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.
Manawanui, the navy's specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu on Saturday as it was conducting a reef survey, Commodore Shane Arndell, the maritime component commander of the New Zealand Defence Force, said in a statement.
Several vessels responded and assisted in rescuing the crew and passengers who had left the ship, Arndell said.
Those rescued "are being supported in Samoa or on supporting vessels," he said. The New Zealand Defence Force had earlier said there were 78 passengers and crew aboard the ship.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon was also deployed to assist in the rescue.
Manawanui is used to conduct a range of specialist diving, salvage and survey tasks around New Zealand and across the South West Pacific.
Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru and Lucy Craymer in Wellington; Editing by Mike Harrison and Sandra Maler
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