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22:18, 02-Jan-2019
One dead, 10 missing after ship sinks off China coast
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21:39, 05-Jan-2019
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A sailor was confirmed dead and 10 people remain missing after a Taiwan cargo ship carrying 15 people sank off the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, according to local maritime rescue authorities.
Four out of five sailors have been rescued by the search team.
The 80-meter-long ship named "London" departed from the city of Kaohsiung with 14 Myanmar crew members and one from Taiwan.
The cargo ship sank at around 4:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday around 90 nautical miles off the coast of Yuhuan of Zhejiang's Taizhou City.
The cause of the incident remains unclear. Search and rescue operations are currently underway.
(Cover photo via China News)
(With inputs from Xinhua News Agency)