Five missing after ship sinks in East China
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Updated: 2021-04-18 14:45
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HANGZHOU - 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 p.m. 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.
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