MURMANSK, October 5. /TASS/. Two people have survived the shipwreck of the Favorit, which sank in the Kandalaksha Bay in the White Sea, a source in the emergencies services told TASS on Tuesday.

"Two have survived. They were found in the water and taken to hospital," the source said, adding that they were found near the coastline. No other survivors have been found.

Rescuers have been sent to the scene but the operation is complicated by the stormy weather with high waves and wind gusts of up to 16 m/s.

The privately-owned Favorit sent a distress signal from an area east of the Kandalaksha Bay in the White Sea on Tuesday afternoon. According to Russia’s Federal Agency of Sea and River Transport, one of the ship’s passengers managed to contact emergencies services. The ship partially sank during the storm. People used a rescue raft, which was brought to the shore by tidal waves. However, when rescuers reached the site, there was no one on the raft.

An investigation is underway.