China Cruise Ship Accident

Of more than 450 people on the Eastern Star.

China cruise ship accident. Can a whale flip a cruise ship. Two ships were distressed by the approaching typhoon KOMPASU epicenter already in South China sea south of Taiwan as of 0000 UTC Oct 12 in Chinese waters on Oct 11. The latest official figure put the death toll from the capsized ship on the Yangtze River Monday night at 82.

The death toll from the Chinese ferry disaster now stands at 396 the authorities say as emergency workers search the vessel in the Yangtze River. A Chinese cruise ship carrying hundreds of elderly tourists has sunk in. Plus in the event of a disaster cruise ships can get assistance from rescue vessels or passing commercial or military ships.

According to local reports the boat with 18 tourists on board finally sank because of. The Eastern Star cruise ship carrying 405 passengers along with 51 crew members and tour guides was en route from Nanjing to Chongqing when it capsized on June 1 in the Jianli section of the. BEIJING -- Rescuers pulled out survivors after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship on Chinas Yangtze River after it went down overnight in a storm with 458 people.

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458 people were on board a ship that sank on Chinas Yangtze River after being caught in a cyclone. A newly built cruise liner has hit a bridge in Eastern China. Chinese Government Refuses To Give Up On Cruise Ship Rescue But Little Hope Remains By Matt Sheehan JIANLI China -- Forty-eight hours after an Eastern Star cruise ship sank into the muddy Yangtze river rescue crews continued a desperate search for hundreds of missing passengers while families that have all but given up hope made their way to the site of the accident.

The Eastern Star could become Chinas deadliest boat accident since the SS Kiangya sank off Shanghai in 1948 killing somewhere between 2750 and 4000 people. Local media reported winds reached 80 mph 130 kph during the accident. Shocking footage from China of a small cruise ship shortly before it sank during a storm.