5 dead after container ship sinks in Liaoning

Source: Xinhua  |   2008-11-2  |     ONLINE EDITION

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FIVE seamen are confirmed dead and another three are still missing after a container ship sank off a port in northeast China's Liaoning Province yesterday.

Rescuers found five bodies at around 9:35am today 12 nautical miles from the site where "Xinmingfa 17" went down, according to the Liaoning provincial maritime search and rescue center.

The ship with 146 containers and 14 people aboard sank off Yingkou City around 1:30pm yesterday. Six were saved by passing ships and rescue helicopters.

The vessel, 91.6 meters long and weighing 2,815 gross tonnes, belonged to Fuzhou Mingfa Shipping Co Ltd. It was on its way from Yingkou to eastern Fujian province when it sank.

Two helicopters and 16 ships were still searching for the three missing. Rescuers were also cleaning up an oil slick four meters wide and one nautical mile long.


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