According to news advanced by Renascença, the disciplinary process against the 13 Naval servicemen sailing onboard the NRP Mondego has been held in abeyance since the 27th of July last year, with the lawyers of the accused servicemen cannot understand the reason for the delay.
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The 13 sailors who refused to board the NRP Mondego ship in March, citing security reasons, will know on Thursday, at 10:00 am, the charges arising from the Navy disciplinary proceedings, confirmed one of the defence lawyers.
The NRP Mondego and crew ended their secondment to Madeira on Friday and have returned to their Lisbon Naval Base.
The Minister of National Defence said that the Portuguese Navy's ship 'Mondego,' which broke down in March, is now fully operational and back on active duty.
The Chief of Staff of the Navy, Henrique Gouveia e Melo, categorically stated today that the latest incident aboard the NRP Mondego, which had to abort the mission in the Selvagens Islands, originated "from a human error" that the Navy is investigating.
After a series of setbacks and embarrassing delays, the NRP Mondego returned to the sea this morning, after having been moored in the Port of Caniçal after being towed by two tugboats after suffering yet another breakdown last week.