Four seamen were rescued but ten are still missing after two
ships capsized in two separate accidents off east China, local
public security sources said on Saturday.
A fishing boat with three aboard capsized in high waves around
5:50 P.M. on Friday off Pinghai in the coastal city of Putian in Fujian Province, according to Putian public
security sources.
One of the fishermen was rescued by local residents and police
but the other two are still missing.
In another accident,?a cargo ship loaded with sand anchored
at sea around 7:30 P.M. on Friday en route to Xiuyu port in Putian.
The ship sprang a leak in the early hours of Saturday morning and
sank.
Three of the 11 sailors on board, who were sleeping when the
ship began to capsize, managed to survive using a life raft, but
the others are still missing.
Local maritime, fishing and public security authorities are
still organizing the rescue operations with a team of 20 ships.
(Xinhua News Agency January 21, 2007)