At least 458 people were travelling on the Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, vessel when it went down at around 11pm on Monday night not far from the city of Jingzhou in Hubei province.
Eight people have been rescued Tuesday morning with heavy rain and strong winds hindering the work of emergency teams.
Eastern Star had been travelling from Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, to the south-western city of Chongqing when the incident happened, according to Xinhua, China’s official news agency.
Seven of the survivors swam to shore and alerted authorities of the sinking.
After encountering extreme weather conditions that crew members described as a cyclone the ship “sank quickly”.
Initial reports said there were 405 Chinese passengers, five travel agency employees and 47 crew members on the ship.Most of the passengers were aged between 50 and 80, the Hubei Daily newspaper reported.
Part of the reasons y I don't enter anything floating on top of water.I can't swim despite taking about 4 swimming lessons.I honestly hope and pray that some of them are still alive.#Godwin
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Precious Lives Lost!! R.I.P
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Oh no this is painful.RIP to the dead
DeleteSo sad! Land, air, water..... All disastrous. Baba God, Na ur hand we dey
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ReplyDeleteTragic! I just hope some of them are still alive.
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Chinese products are not reliable..... Am still scared to patronize a Chinese product I prefer made in Aba..... China should be banned from inventing ship -Pst.Chekeleke
ReplyDeleteSo sad and tragic...my heart aches for the families and friends. May God bring them a comfort and peace that surpasses all understanding... IT IS WELL
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Nothing go ever make me enter ship....
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