Eastern Star sinks
Hopes of Finding More Eastern Star Survivors Dims – Rescue Ends, Identification of Corpses Begins
| Benjie Batanes | | Jun 05, 2015 05:42 AM EDT |
Rescue efforts aimed at extricating trapped survivors from the capsized Eastern Star passenger ship ended last Thursday evening. Authorities are now focusing on recovering and identifying the dead passengers instead.
Ship Sinks In China’s Yangtze River, More Than 450 People Missing; What Caused Ship To Sink?
| Althea Serad | | Jun 01, 2015 11:48 PM EDT |
A cruise ship with 458 passengers sank around 9:28 p.m. Monday after passing a storm in the Yangtze River in southern China. While 10 people were rescued, one person was killed and nearly 450 remain missing, most of senior age, according to state media Tuesday.
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