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Latest on China Boat Sinking: Over 1,000 Sent to Help Search

Daily Mail UK, 2 June 2015


BEIJING (AP) — The latest on the capsized cruise ship on China's Yangtze River:

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5 p.m. (0900 GMT)


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A man grieves for his missing parents as his aunt calls on her phone outside a travel agency which was involved in organizing a Yangtze River cruise, in Shanghai, China Tuesday June 2, 2015. A small cruise ship sank overnight in China's Yangtze River during a storm, state media said Tuesday. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT


Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says more than 1,000 armed police officers, 30 soldiers and 140 navy divers have been sent to the site where a cruise ship sank on China's Yangtze River. More than 40 small boats also were sent to take part in search and rescue operations.

An air force spokesman says China's armed forces sent six helicopters from Beijing and Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
CCTV says an initial batch of 39 medical staff from the city of Guangzhou arrived at the site, and an additional 38 are expected later Tuesday.

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2:30 p.m. (0630 GMT)

Relatives of people who were aboard a cruise ship that sank on China's Yangtze River have headed to a government office in Shanghai to try to get more information about the accident. The family members had initially gathered at a travel agency that had booked many of the trips to await word on their loved ones.

Huang Yan, a 49-year-old Shanghai accountant, wept as she told a reporter that she believes that her husband, also 49, and his father, who is in his 70s, were aboard the boat. But she said she couldn't be sure because she hadn't seen an official passenger list yet.

Yan shouted: "Why did the captain leave the ship while the passengers were still missing? We want the government to release the name list to see who was on the boat."


China's official Xinhua News Agency quoted the captain and chief engineer, who were both rescued, as saying the ship sank quickly after being caught in a cyclone.

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1:45 p.m. (0545 GMT)

Relatives of people who were aboard a cruise ship that sank on China's Yangtze River have gathered at a travel agency in Shanghai that was involved in organizing the cruise.
Some of the family members cried and consoled each other Tuesday as they awaited word on their loved ones.

The ship went down overnight with 458 people aboard, most of them elderly, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Five people are confirmed dead and at least 13 have survived, with the rest still missing.
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12:45 p.m. (0445 GMT)

State broadcaster CCTV says rescuers heard survivors yelling for help from inside a capsized cruise ship on China's Yangtze River after it went down overnight in a storm with 458 people aboard, most of them elderly.

The broadcaster says 12 people survived, and at least five people are confirmed dead.

CCTV says search teams heard people calling out from within the partially submerged ship about 12 hours after it went down late Monday during a windy storm in Hubei Province. Stormy weather is hindering the rescue.

The broadcaster showed rescuers in orange life vests on the upside-down hull, with one of them lying down tapping a hammer and listening for a response.
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10:30 a.m. (0230 GMT)

State broadcaster CCTV said search teams heard sounds coming from within the capsized cruise ship more than 12 hours after it flipped over in the Yangtze River on Monday night, and were trying to confirm whether they were from survivors trapped inside.

Footage from the broadcaster showed rescuers in orange life vests standing on top of the upside-down hull, with one of them lying down tapping a hammer and listening for a response, then pointing downward.
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10:15 a.m. (0215 GMT)

Chinese state media say that at least one person is dead and nearly 450 are missing after the ship sank. Ten people have been rescued, according to state broadcaster CCTV, which said the four-level ship was carrying 406 Chinese passengers, five travel agency employees and 47 crew members. Most of the passengers were 50 to 80 years of age.
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8:40 a.m. (0040 GMT)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is on his way to the accident site where a passenger ship carrying more than 450 sank on the Yangtze River. Only a small number of survivors have been found so far, including the captain and chief engineer, who said the ship sank quickly after being caught in a cyclone. The Communist Party-run People's Daily said the ship sank within two minutes.
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8 a.m. (0000 GMT)

The state-run Xinhua News Agency says that rescuers are battling winds and rain in the search for missing from a small cruise ship that sank late Monday on China's Yangtze River.

Footage from state broadcaster CCTV calm waters Tuesday morning, with dozens of rescue personnel in bright orange vests gathered on the shore. Several rescue ships were searching the waters, and submersible craft had been deployed.
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7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT)

Chinese President Xi Jinping orders all our rescue effort after the passenger ship carrying 458 passengers and crew sank late Monday night in the Hubei section of China's Yangtze River. He has ordered a work team from the State Council, the country's Cabinet, to rush to the site to guide the rescue work. The ship, the Eastern Star, sank after being caught in a cyclone while steaming upriver in a section of the river in Hubei province, according to the Yangtze River navigation administration.


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A man grieves for his missing parents next to his aunt outside a travel agency which was involved in organizing a Yangtze River cruise, in Shanghai, China Tuesday June 2, 2015. A small cruise ship sank overnight in China's Yangtze River during a storm, state media said Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT


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Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT


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Rescue workers arrive near the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The small cruise ship sank overnight in China's Yangtze River during a storm, leaving nearly 450 people missing, most of them elderly, state media said Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT


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Rescue workers stand on the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The small cruise ship sank overnight in China's Yangtze River during a storm, leaving nearly 450 people missing, state media said Tuesday. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT


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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center, chairs a meeting to direct search and rescue work as he takes a plane to the site where a passenger ship sank in the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015.


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Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT