China Cruise Ship Disaster

Capsized cruise ship death toll over 400 in China.

China cruise ship disaster. Death Toll Passes 100 More Than 300 Still Missing. The 76 meter long four-deck river passenger ship Eastern Star Dongfangzhixing capsized and sank on the Yangtze River in the Wuhan Damazhou area. China Blames Weather for Cruise Ship Disaster as Charges Loom.

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze river jumped to 396 on Saturday. Chinas deadliest passenger ship disaster in recent memory is believed to be the capsizing of the ferry Dashun off the coast of eastern Shandong province in 1999. China cruise ship disaster MV Dongfang zhi Xing Eastern Star on 1 June 2015.

The vessel was carrying 405 passengers 5 travel agents and 48 crew on a holiday cruise up the Yangtze. A survivor C-green top is rescued by divers from the Dongfangzhixing or Eastern Star vessel which sank in the Yangtze river. Disaster teams have found hundreds more bodies on.

Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was in November 1999 when the Dashun ferry caught fire and capsized in the sea off Shandong province killing about 280. On 13 June 442 deaths were confirmed with 12 survivors. The four-deck Eastern Star was on its way from the city of Nanjing to the city of Chongqing on Monday night when it encountered a severe storm and overturned.

A rescue worker bows at. Flashback in history. Many of the more than 450 people on board the cruise ship were reported to be retirees taking in the Yangtzes scenic vistas.

Flashback in maritime history. China Cruise Ship Disaster. On the night of 1 June 2015 the ship was traveling on the Yangtze River when it capsized during a thunderstorm in Jianli Hubei Province with 454 people on board.