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Japan: sinking of a cargo ship near the archipelago, 18 sailors missing

A cargo ship sank off southwestern Japan on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Rescuers are on the scene searching for 18 missing sailors.

The Japanese Coast Guard was searching Wednesday for 18 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off the southwestern Japanese archipelago in the East China Sea.

“At 7:14 am (Tuesday 11:14 pm in France), four Chinese nationals were rescued, but we are still searching for the other 18 crew members,” a Japanese coast guard spokeswoman said.

“There is already a plane and two ships are on the way,” he added.

A cold wave hits the country

The cargo ship, identified by the coast guard as the Hong Kong-registered Jintan, issued an SOS at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday Japanese time, according to the Japan Coast Guard. She was in a hard-to-reach area, about 110 km west of the Danjo Islands, a remote and uninhabited micro-archipelago in southwestern Japan.

The sinking occurred as a cold snap hit much of Japan and daytime temperatures on some of the islands near the ship barely reached 3°C.

According to the Japanese Coast Guard, the Jintan’s crew included a total of fourteen Chinese and eight Burmese.

Author: GA with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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