Three South African 海軍 職員／兵員 die after 存在 swept off 潜水艦 deck
Three South African 海軍 職員／兵員 have died and a 上級の officer is in a 批判的な 条件 after seven members of a 潜水艦 乗組員 were swept off the 大型船’s deck by large waves as a ヘリコプター 試みる／企てるd a “vertical 移転” of 供給（する）s, the Department of Defence said on Thursday.
The 事故 happened on Wednesday as an 空気／公表する 軍隊 Lynx ヘリコプター was 試みる／企てるing what is known as a “vertrep” ? or vertical replenishment ? of 供給（する）s to the SAS Manthatisi 潜水艦 on the ocean surface off the coast of Cape Town, the department said.
The 操作／手術 was すぐに called off and a 救助（する） 成果／努力 was 開始する，打ち上げるd.
All seven submariners were 回復するd, but three were pronounced dead.
A 乗組員 member from the ヘリコプター who was 派遣（する）d as a “surface swimmer” to 補助装置 in the 救助（する） 操作／手術 was also 回復するd and is in hospital と一緒に the four 生き残るing submariners.
The 国家の Sea 救助（する） 学校／設ける and other 緊急 services were called in to help with the 救助（する）, the Department of Defence said.
Three South African 海軍 職員／兵員 have died and a 上級の officer is in a 批判的な 条件 after seven members of a 潜水艦 乗組員 were swept off the 大型船´s deck by large waves (Halden Krog/AP)
There will be an 調査 into the failed 操作／手術 and the resulting deaths, the department 追加するd.
The South African 国家の Defence 軍隊, which 構成するs all the 武装した 軍隊s, said a 女性（の） officer with the 階級 of 中尉／大尉／警部補 指揮官 was の中で the three who died.
Cape Town and other areas on South Africa’s south coast have been 攻撃する，衝突する by 極端に rough seas since last 週末, 原因（となる）d by a 現象 known as “spring tide”.
South African 武装した 軍隊s 分析家 Dean Wingrin told the defenceWeb website that the 潜水艦 was moving to the Cape Town waterfront for a three-day 海軍 展示 starting on Saturday.
The 海軍 has planned the 展示 to 示す South Africa’s 遺産 Day 国家の holiday on Sunday.
The SAS Manthatisi is one of three German-built Type 209/1400 ヘロイン-class 潜水艦s in the South African 海軍 (n)艦隊／(a)素早い and had returned to the water earlier this year after を受けるing 維持／整備 work.
