Vessel righted by disaster teams
By Peng Yining | China Daily | Updated: 2015-06-06 08:08
Top-deck cabins poked out of the Yangtze River on Friday morning as disaster teams righted the capsized Eastern Star to speed up the search for more than 330 people still missing.
Divers found more bodies as they worked on Thursday night to attach iron chains to the vessel, bringing the number of bodies found to 103.
The operation to right the ship began late on Thursday, shifting the focus from finding survivors. The vessel capsized on Monday night on the Jianli section of the Yangtze in Hubei province after running into a severe storm.
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