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Dozens of people are missing in a shipwreck during a South China Sea typhoon

Dozens of people are missing in a shipwreck during a South China Sea typhoon


Updated 3 minutes ago ・ Published at 19:40 on July 2, 2022 ・



Taken and released by the Hong Kong Government Flying Service on July 2, 2022, this handout shows the ship after it collided with two ships in Typhoon Chaba. Three were rescued while more than 20 crew members were not described. – AFP pic, July 2, 2022.

More than 20 crew members are unknown and rescuers are scrambling to find them after the ship collided with two ships during today’s typhoon in the South China Sea, officials said.

According to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service, an engineering vessel about 300km southwest of Hong Kong was “severely damaged and broke into two,” and 30 crew members abandoned it.


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