General Nunes da Fonseca, head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (CEMGFA), dedramatized the fallout on March 27 in the NRP on Tuesday. [Navio da República Portuguesa] Mondego, a failure that resulted in the crew being unable to carry out the mission to go to the Selvagens Islands to replace the agents of the Maritime Police and elements of the Institute of Forest and Nature Conservation serving there.
“[Foi] least one means to accomplish the mission, but other means have been deployed: air and electronic means, manned and unmanned aerial means and electromagnetic means. There are other ways to do this surveillance than just with the maritime environment.”
Speaking in Ponta Delgada, General Nunes da Fonseca, after meeting with the President of the Regional Government, quoted by Lusa, assured that the “surveillance” and “surveillance” of the coast of Madeira “were not affected in any way” by the ship’s inoperability. .
“[Foi] least one means to accomplish the mission, but other means have been deployed: air and electronic means, manned and unmanned aerial means and electromagnetic means. There are other ways to do this oversight than just with the naval environment,” the military chief stressed, adding, “I wouldn’t say there’s a direct relationship between a mission unfulfilled and the state of equipment.”
The ship “Mondego” has been involved in controversy after the failure of a mission to accompany a Russian ship north of the island of Porto Santo, in the archipelago of Madeira, on March 11, after 13 soldiers refused to board for reasons to go from safety. The Navy has reported what happened to the Military Judicial Police (PJM) in Lisbon in the context of a criminal investigation and has also initiated disciplinary proceedings.
On Monday, in light of the March 27 incident, the navy assured in a statement that the NRP Mondego “has always been safe” and “is operational”.
Low fuel levels
“The cause of the sudden shutdown of four diesel engines, two electric generators and two propellers was due to a low fuel level in the service tank that feeds the respective engines and generators. After refilling the fuel in the service tank, the two generators were and the two thrusters launched without any problems,” the statement said.
According to the Navy, the ship has been “recovered”, has already set sail and investigations are ongoing “to determine what failed in the response to the low fuel level warning mechanism in the service tank and its replacement with one of nine existing reserve tanks to be transferred on board”.
Source: DN
