Search for missing sailors expanded

A body recovered after two vessels collided in the East China Sea on Saturday was handed to the civil affairs authorities on Tuesday, as the search for the 31 other missing sailors was expanded, the Ministry of Transport said.

According to an earlier statement, the Panama-registered oil tanker Sanchi and Hong Kong cargo ship CR Crystal collided 160 nautical miles east of the Yangtze River estuary.

The accident left 32 crew members - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis - missing and caused a fire on the hull of Sanchi. The cargo ship's 21 crew members were rescued.