Sunday 8 May 2016

31 missing after boat accidents off China

Thirty-one people are missing after two fishing boats capsized and another went missing off China's eastern coast, news reports say.

A boat with 19 on board sank on Saturday off the coast of Shandong province after a suspected collision with a Maltese cargo ship, Xinhua news agency cited local authorities as saying.



Rescuers saved two crew members and were searching for the missing, Xinhua said.

Separately, the maritime search and rescue centre of the north-east city of Dalian said one fishing boat had lost contact while another that was missing for more than 50 hours was found capsized on Saturday.

No survivors were found from the ships, which were carrying six and eight crew members respectively.

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