Tanker ran aground in stormy seas
(AP)
Updated: 2006-05-17 14:11
![A helicopter lifts a crew members off an oil tanker which ran aground, May 17, 2006, in Kaoshiung, 350 kilometers (217 miles) south west of Taipei. The tanker ran aground in stormy seas swollen by typhoon Chanchu. The typhoon, the strongest ever reported in the South China Sea in May, was expected to pass between Hong Kong and Taiwan on Wednesday and slam into Guangdong province on Thursday morning. [AP Photo]](xin_3905031714086961124522.jpg)
A rescuer hanging from a helicopter
winch tries to reach crew members of an oil tanker which ran aground, May 17,
2006, in Kaoshiung, 350 kilometers (217 miles) southwest of Taipei. The tanker
ran aground in stormy seas swollen by typhoon Chanchu. The typhoon, the
strongest ever reported in the South China Sea in May, was expected to pass
between Hong Kong and Taiwan on Wednesday and slam into Guangdong province
on Thursday morning. [AP Photo]
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