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Hong Kong-registered cargo ship sank in waters off Nagasaki, Japan, 2 dead and many still missing

2023-01-25T14:15:28.461Z


A Hong Kong-registered cargo ship "JIN TIAN" (JIN TIAN) with 22 crew members sank on January 24 after sending out a distress call off Nagasaki, Kyushu. Japan and South Korea both sent personnel to search and rescue. Japanese media reported on the 25th that at present


A Hong Kong-registered cargo ship "JIN TIAN" (JIN TIAN) with 22 crew members sank on January 24 after sending out a distress call off Nagasaki, Kyushu. Japan and South Korea both sent personnel to search and rescue.

Japanese media reported on the 25th that the search and rescue team has found 13 people, of which 2 were confirmed dead and 6 were unconscious.

Nine people are still missing.


There are 22 crew members on board, 14 of whom are Chinese and the remaining 8 are Burmese.

The Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka informed the Japanese side earlier that among the 13 crew members recovered by noon, 1 was confirmed dead and 7 had cardiac arrest.

Today, the number of deaths has increased to 2.

The cargo ship loaded with timber departed from Malaysia and was en route to Incheon, South Korea.

Kyodo News reported that after the sinking of the cargo ship, 5 Chinese were rescued by nearby private ships. After that, the South Korean Marine Police Agency found 6 more people, and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force plane rescued 2 people. Unfortunately, 2 people were sent to the hospital and confirmed. die.

The Jeju Regional Marine Police Agency in South Korea stated that Japan and South Korea have found a total of 14 people on board, and 9 of them have not yet regained consciousness.

The data released by South Korea is slightly different from that of Japan.

According to the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka, Consul General Lu Guijun had a phone call with the person in charge of the Seventh District of the Japan Coast Guard on the afternoon of January 25 to learn more about the situation and urged the Japanese side to fully carry out search and rescue.

The incident happened at around 11:15 p.m. local time on the 24th. The "Kintian" carrying 6,651 tons of timber was killed while sailing to the sea 110 kilometers west of the Men and Women Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture.

The crew called for help by satellite phone, saying that the ship had listed and entered the water. The last call indicated that the crew decided to abandon the ship and escape.

Japan and South Korea successively sent ships to rescue, and the cargo ship's Emergency Positioning Radio Indicator (EPIRB) was operating normally. According to the Jeju Regional Marine Police Agency of South Korea, when rescuers arrived at the scene, the cargo ship had completely sunk.

According to the marine traffic tracking website Marinetraffic.com, "Golden Field" was completed in 2010. It left Malaysia's Port Klang (Port Klang) on ​​December 3 last year and was originally scheduled to arrive at South Korea's Incheon Port on the afternoon of the 25th.

A Hong Kong-registered cargo ship sank off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan and 13 people were found, including 1 dead and 7 in cardiac arrest. A Hong Kong-registered cargo ship sank in the waters near Nagasaki, Japan. 12 people were rescued and 10 were missing. Hong Kong-registered cargo ship sank near Nagasaki, Japan. 22 people were rescued.

Source: hk1

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