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Cargo ship sank in East China Sea
The 'Hua Xia 68' issued a distress signal in the afternoon Dec 16, 2019, southwest of Nanji island in the Wenzhou Province. The ship, en route from Fujian to Shanghai with a cargo of sand and gravel, suffered water ingress and was sinking. The 11 crew members went into life rafts. The Wenzhou Rescue Center supervised the SAR operation, sent SAR boats and required assistance of all ships in the area. At 3.40 p.m. the castaways were picked up from the life rafts by a passing cargo ship and later transferred to a SAR boat. The cargo vessel sank at 5.30 p.m. with parts of the ship remaining above water.
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