Japan: 18 missing in cargo ship capsize in Nagasaki

(ANSA) - TOKYO, JAN 25 - There are 18 missing after the accident that late Tuesday night involved a cargo ship with 22 people on board, which capsized off the coast of Nagasaki prefecture, southwest of Japan.

According to the Coast Guard update, 4 Chinese nationals have been rescued as searches at sea continue to find the rest of the crew of 14 Chinese and 8 Myanmar nationals.

    The Hong Kong-flagged vessel, with a tonnage of 6,550 tons, had signaled an emergency late Tuesday evening, when she was 110 kilometers west of the Danjo Islands, and had been spotted by another vessel that had launched the vessel. 'alarm.

According to the South Korean coast guard, the last communication from the ship's captain dates back to 2:41 from a satellite phone, warning that the crew would abandon ship a few minutes before the sinking.

    The naval authorities of South Korea are also engaged in the search in a stretch of sea where bad weather is raging.

(HANDLE).