HONG KONG: More than two dozen crew members are unaccounted for after their ship broke in two during a thunderstorm South China Sea Officials say rescue teams were scrambling to find them on Saturday.
an engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles south-west of Hong Kong According to Hong Kong, there was “considerable damage and broke into two pieces” and the 30-man crew abandoned the ship. government flight service,
Officials said three people were rescued at 3:00 pm local time (0700 GMT) and taken to hospital for treatment.
Dramatic footage provided by Hong Kong authorities showed a man being carried on a helicopter while waves crashed onto the deck of a semi-submerged ship below.
According to a government statement, the three survivors said other crew members may have been washed away in the waves before the first helicopter arrived.
Typhoon Chaba It first made in the central part of the South China Sea and made landfall in Guangdong province of southern China on Saturday afternoon.
Rescuers in Hong Kong were informed of the incident at 7:25 a.m. local time (2325 GMT on Friday) and found the ship near the center of Chaba, where harsh weather conditions and nearby wind farms made the operation “more difficult.” and dangerous”.
The ship’s location recorded wind speeds of up to 144 kilometers per hour and waves as high as 10 meters, officials said.
The Government Flying Service sent two sorties of fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopter sorties, as well as a rescue boat by mainland Chinese officials.
Rescuers said they would increase the search area “due to the large number of missing” and if circumstances allowed, the operation would be extended into the night.
an engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles south-west of Hong Kong According to Hong Kong, there was “considerable damage and broke into two pieces” and the 30-man crew abandoned the ship. government flight service,
Officials said three people were rescued at 3:00 pm local time (0700 GMT) and taken to hospital for treatment.
Dramatic footage provided by Hong Kong authorities showed a man being carried on a helicopter while waves crashed onto the deck of a semi-submerged ship below.
According to a government statement, the three survivors said other crew members may have been washed away in the waves before the first helicopter arrived.
Typhoon Chaba It first made in the central part of the South China Sea and made landfall in Guangdong province of southern China on Saturday afternoon.
Rescuers in Hong Kong were informed of the incident at 7:25 a.m. local time (2325 GMT on Friday) and found the ship near the center of Chaba, where harsh weather conditions and nearby wind farms made the operation “more difficult.” and dangerous”.
The ship’s location recorded wind speeds of up to 144 kilometers per hour and waves as high as 10 meters, officials said.
The Government Flying Service sent two sorties of fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopter sorties, as well as a rescue boat by mainland Chinese officials.
Rescuers said they would increase the search area “due to the large number of missing” and if circumstances allowed, the operation would be extended into the night.