JUST IN: Chinese Ship Sinks With 458 On Board

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBBewhWZDEQRrv3aUNvTMiiRtY18XJuMPLgLE_SfQGJSolfhCUb-xmDigtmgtRXD1x4_LOzirYzRG03454YJT9OFnNO2kjH7Vxku91qtybxFe5EMNfVKjz-9AtQRLH31fatRyPZm2Oy_m/s1600/China+Ship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBBewhWZDEQRrv3aUNvTMiiRtY18XJuMPLgLE_SfQGJSolfhCUb-xmDigtmgtRXD1x4_LOzirYzRG03454YJT9OFnNO2kjH7Vxku91qtybxFe5EMNfVKjz-9AtQRLH31fatRyPZm2Oy_m/s1600/China+Ship.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Chinese rescuers are scrambling to find survivors from a passenger ship that sank in the Yangtze River with 458 people aboard late Monday, authorities said.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Eight people have been rescued so far, including the captain and the chief engineer, according to China's state-run news agency Xinhua.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But there was no word on the fate of the 450 others.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ship, the Eastern Star, went down around 9:30 p.m. Monday during a storm over the section of the river that flows through the central province of Hubei, Xinhua reported, citing the Yangtze River navigation administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and other senior officials are on their way to the site of the accident in Hubei's Jianli county to oversee the emergency response, the news agency reported.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The rescue efforts were initially complicated by bad weather, according to Xinhua.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Eastern Star was reported to have been traveling from Nanjing in eastern China to Chongqing, a city more than 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) inland. Xinhua said that there were 405 passengers, 47 crew members and five travel agency workers on board.</div> <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/01/asia/china-yangtze-river-ship-sinks/index.html">CNN</a></b><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> on <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

JUST IN: Chinese Ship Sinks With 458 On Board

Chinese rescuers are scrambling to find survivors from a passenger ship that sank in the Yangtze River with 458 people aboard late Mond...

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