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One died in cargo ship sinkiing

The Zhoushan MRCC received a distress signal of the "Da Pu jiang" on Apr 6, 2018, at 4 a.m., which was sinking in northern Zhoushan waters, south of Shanghai. The ship capsized, the 13 crew members managed to get into life rafts. A rescue vessel from the Donghai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport arrived at the scene at 5:46 a.m. and found ten of the crew on board a life raft with three missing. A helicopter joined the search at 6:05 a.m. and located two of the missing, who were rescued too and said to now be in a stable condition. At 7:04 a.m., rescuers found a body in the water. The ship was en route from Caofeidian to Wuhu. Part of the accomodation and the port side were still visible above water. Report with photo: http://www.china.org.cn/china/2018-04/06/content_50828278.htm