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Search for 10 missing crew members suspended
The Taipei RCC has stopped its SAR operation for the missing 10 crews members of the "London" as of Jan 6. 14 crew members were from Myanmar and one from Taiwan. The Taiwanese rescuers were alerted on Jan 2, after the ship issued a distress call as it capsized 80 miles northeast of the Pengjia islet. The vessel sank at 4.30 a.m. about 170 kilometres east of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. At 3.30 p.m. two crew members were rescued by a South Korean fishing boat, while two others were rescued, and one body was found by a Chinese fishing boat, but the other 10 remained missing. The Ministry of National Defence has deployed three helicopters, the Air Combat Command has dispatched a S-70C helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, and the Coast Guard Administration has sent the "Taoyuan - CG-132". In addition, China deployed two helicopters and four rescue ships to the site. A Taiwanese helicopter had to return to base at 9 a.m. due to poor visibility and to the long distance. Two Taiwanese coast guard frigates reached the area on Jan 3.
Search for 10 missing crew members after shipwreck
Taiwanese rescuers were alerted on Jan 2, 2019 after the "London" issued a distress message as the ship capsized some 80 nm northeast of Pengjia islet, a small island NE of northernmost Taiwan tip. It sank at 4:30 a.m. about 170 kilometers east of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province.An SAR operation was launched to rescue the 15 crew members, 14 from Myanmar and one from Taiwan. As of 3:30 p.m., two Myanmarese crew members were rescued by a South Korean fishing boat, while two others were rescued and one body found by a Chinese fishing boat but the other 10 were still missing. As of 2:30 p.m., the Ministry of National Defense has deployed three helicopters, the Air Combat Command has dispatched a S-70C helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, and the Coast Guard Administration has sent a coast guard ship--the Taoyuan CG-132--to join the rescue mission. In addition, China has deployed two helicopters and four rescue ships to the site. A Taiwanese helicopter had to return to base at 9:09 a.m. on Jan 2 due to poor visibility and to the long distance. Two Taiwanese coast guard frigates were expected to reach the area on Jan 3. The “London” had left Kaohsiung for Busan on Dec 26, with a stop at Taichung from Dec 28-30 for refueling.
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