Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago to bolster MV Barima recovery efforts

What this source establishes

A DPI release recording the internationalisation of the recovery, with Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and Brazilian Navy personnel en route to reinforce Guyanese operations. It gives figures of 76 rescued, 53 bodies recovered and 26 positively identified as of 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. The Prime Minister's formula shifts from 'every effort' to 'every reasonable effort has been exhausted'. Sixteen state and private vessels, French and local divers and aerial assets are recorded as engaged.

Official statement recorded in this source

"The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center remains fully operational and search, rescue, and recovery efforts will continue until every reasonable effort has been exhausted." — PM Phillips

Figures cited in this source

As of 6:00 p.m. Tuesday: 76 people rescued; 53 bodies recovered; 26 positively identified

Key claims

• Personnel from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the Brazilian Navy expected to arrive to reinforce search and rescue operations.
• PM Phillips: "Additional support from the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil is en route to Guyana."
• Multi-agency response involves 16 state and private sector vessels, French and local divers, aerial surveillance assets, and an expanded search area stretching to Waini point.
• PM Phillips: "The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center remains fully operational and search, rescue, and recovery efforts will continue until every reasonable effort has been exhausted."
• As of 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, authorities verified 76 people rescued, 53 bodies recovered, 26 positively identified.

Quotations

• “Additional support from the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil is en route to Guyana. Personnel from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the Brazilian Navy are expected to arrive tomorrow to reinforce the ongoing search and rescue operations”— Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips, Prime Minister
• “The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center remains fully operational and search, rescue, and recovery efforts will continue until every reasonable effort has been exhausted”— Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips, Prime Minister

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