A very tragic and unfortunate news from Chinese sea where a ship carrying 458 is capsized and all feared drowned.
Chinese ship capsizes with at least 450 on board
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[COLOR=#ECECEC]Rescue teams have been sent to the scene of the sinkingA cruise ship carrying more than 450 people has capsized after being caught in a storm on the Yangtze River in southern China, says state media.
The Xinhua news agency said rescuers had spotted the upturned boat and could hear people calling for help.
It said eight people had been rescued so far and rescue teams have been heading out in boats to save the passengers, most of them tourists.
Premier Li Keqiang is travelling to the scene in Hubei province.
The four-tier Dongfangzhixing - or Eastern Star - had been carrying 405 Chinese passengers, five travel agency employees and 47 crew, Xinhua said.
Rescue workers have been heading out on boats to search for survivorsIt was travelling from the eastern city of Nanjing to Chongqing in the south-west - a journey about some 1,500km (930 miles) - when it sank in the Damazhou section of the Yangtze in Jianli county.
The water there is about 15m (50ft) deep.
The captain and the chief engineer, who are among those rescued, were quoted as saying that the ship had been caught in a cyclone and sank quickly.
Rescue work was being hampered by strong winds and heavy rain, the report said.
Mr Li has ordered a team from the state council to lead the search and rescue operation, Xinhua added.
More than 10 boats have been deployed for search and rescueChinese state broadcaster CCTV said the vessel was owned by the Chongqing Eastern Shipping Corporation which runs tours to the scenic Three Gorges river canyon area along the Yangtze river.
The BBC’s Jo Floto in Beijing said that stretch of the Yangtze is known for its beauty and attracts many Chinese retiree holidaymakers.
Those on board had mostly been tourists aged around 50 to 80 on a tour organised by a Shanghai company, the People’s Daily reported.
Twenty-two people died on the river in January, when a tugboat undergoing tests capsized near Zhangjiagang, in Jiangsu province.
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