Oil Tanker Collision: A timeline of incidents off the east coast of China

The tanker has since been ablaze for about a week. Here is a recap of what happened.

A Chinese freighter and an Iranian oil tanker collided 160 nautical miles off the East China Sea on January 6th.

All 21 crew members -- all Chinese nationals -- on the bulk freighter were rescued.

But the tanker's crew members - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis - were missing.

The ship caught fire after the collision.

On January 7th, 8 vessels and an aircraft were dispatched to search for possible survivors.

Two days later on the 9th, one body, believed to be a sailor from the Iranian tanker was found.

Saturday's recovery of two more bodies brought the total confirmed death number to three.

The ongoing search for the rest of the missing crew members has continued for over 140 hours.