Cruise Ship Sank In China

Is rescued by divers from the Dongfangzhixing or Eastern Star vessel which sank in the Yangtze river in Jianli central Chinas Hubei province.

Cruise ship sank in china. Five people have died and hundreds are missing after a cruise ship carrying 456 people capsized on the Yangtze River in Chinas Hubei province. Rescuers pulled at least three people from the wreckage of a capsized Chinese cruise ship Tuesday as fears mounted for the more than 400 people still missing after the boat sank in a storm. The ship was passing the Strait of Malacca at that time.

The Eastern Star cruise ship sank late Monday June 1 in stormy weather with more than 450 passengers and crew on board. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. Ship sinks in Chinas Yangtze River Cheng MinXINHUALANDOV.

CCTV said the captain and chief engineer were in police custody. 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. Cruise ship OCEAN DREAM creepy looks.

The Yangtze River stretches over 3900 miles making it the longest river in China. The Eastern Star cruise ship sank late Monday June 1 in stormy weather with more than 450 passengers and crew on board. BEIJING Most of the 458 people aboard a chartered cruise ship in China were still missing on Tuesday morning more than a dozen hours after the vessel sank during a torrential rainstorm along.

The segment of the river where the boat sank is a popular area for scenic river cruises. 458 people were on board a ship that sank on Chinas Yangtze River after being caught in a cyclone. But only a few of those were cruise ships.

Rescue workers stand on the river bank as the capsized cruise ship Eastern Star is pulled out of the Yangtze against sunset in Jianli Hubei province China Friday. A Venezuelan Navy vessel opened fire on a German cruise ship but sank after it sustained severe damages while ramming the luxury liner on Monday morning. Forty-eight hours after a Chinese cruise ship carrying 456 people capsized and sank on the Yangtze river anger and frustration is growing among relatives of those feared to have died.