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Fourteen crew members were plucked to safety after their steel-carrying cargo ship went down in the southern Yellow Sea.

The vessel sank on Monday morning as a cold wave battered the region, leaving the crew stranded in water.

The Ministry of Transport's East China Sea Rescue Bureau scrambled vessels and two helicopters to the scene for a coordinated sea-and-air operation. All 14 were successfully rescued.

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