Five missing after ship sinks in east China
14:56 UTC+8, 2021-04-18
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Five people are missing and one was rescued after a cargo vessel sank off the coast of Zhejiang Province on Saturday night, the provincial maritime department has said.
14:56 UTC+8, 2021-04-18
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Five people are missing and one was rescued after a cargo vessel sank off the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province on Saturday night, the provincial maritime department has said.
At around 9 pm on Saturday, the provincial maritime search and rescue center received a report that a boat registered in central China's Hunan Province with six crew members aboard had capsized about 3.5 nautical miles east of Donglang Island, Taizhou City in Zhejiang.
Eight rescue vessels, a helicopter, and over 10 nearby fishing boats have joined the rescue operation, local authorities have said.
Search work is still underway.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Han Jing
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