China's Ministry of Transport says four fishing boats and one engineering vessel capsized in East China's Bohai Bay on Wednesday.

The accident occurred shortly before 9:30 am, 30 nautical miles off the coast of Dongying city, Shandong Province. The Ministry has sent two helicopters to the bay. So far, six people have been rescued. Rescuers are searching for 27 other people.

(CCTV April 16, 2009)