Japan: cargo ship capsizes off Nagasaki

(ANSA) - TOKYO, JAN 25 - A cargo ship with 22 people on board capsized off the coast of Nagasaki prefecture, the Japanese city southwest of the archipelago.

This was reported by the Coast Guard, specifying that the vessel, flying the Hong Kong flag, with a crew of 14 Chinese and 8 Myanmar nationals, signaled an emergency late Tuesday evening, when it was 110 kilometers west of the Danjo Islands.

    The ship - which has a tonnage of 6,550 tons, had been sighted by another vessel passing through the area, promptly alerting the rescue authorities, who thus allowed the crew to be rescued.

(HANDLE).