Hundreds still missing after ship carrying more than 400 sinks in China’s Yangtze River

Jun 4, 2015

Hundreds still missing after ship carrying more than 400 sinks in China’s Yangtze River

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World

Chinese ferry carrying 456 people on the Yangtze River sank Monday night after getting caught in a cyclone.

Chinese authorities deployed a 140-person frogman team, thousands of soldiers and five helicopters to the site of the sinking, whose death toll could exceed last year’s ferry disaster in South Korea that killed 304 people. – Los Angeles Times reporting

: Rescuers observe a moment of silence for victims recovered from the capsized tourist ship in the Yangtze River in Jianli county in central China’s Hubei province, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Chinese authorities deployed scores more divers and a large crane as they escalated efforts Wednesday to recover more than 410 people believed to be trapped inside an overturned river cruise ship.(Chinatopix Via AP)

: A man reacts during a candle light vigil by locals and family members of passengers onboard the capsized cruise ship in Jianli county in southern China’s Hubei province Thursday June 4, 2015. Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of a river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors Thursday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Chinese paramilitary policemen work on the river bank behind the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in China’s Hubei province, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The capsizing late Monday of the multi-decked Eastern Star in the Yangtze River in southern China is on track to become the country’s deadliest maritime disaster in seven decades. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Chinese paramilitary policemen and medical officers prepare for rescue operations of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Hopes dimmed Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped in a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather, as hundreds of rescuers searched the Yangtze River site in what could become the deadliest Chinese maritime accident in decades. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: People gather at the embankment watch the rescue operation of a capsized ship passengers in the Yangtze River, in Dongshanzhen town in Hunan province, China Thursday, June 4, 2015. Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of the river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors Thursday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Rescue workers carry a body recovered from a capsized cruise ship in the Yangtze River in Jianli county in southern China’s Hubei province Thursday, June 4, 2015. Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of the river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors Thursday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Locals and relatives of passengers onboard the capsized cruise ship pray during a candle light vigil in Jianli county, in southern China’s Hubei province, Thursday June 4, 2015. Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of a river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors Thursday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Relatives of passengers onboard the capsized cruise ship comfort each other during a candle light vigil in Jianli county in southern China’s Hubei province, Thursday, June 4, 2015. Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of a river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors Thursday. (Chinatopix via AP)

: Chinese soldiers carry their boat to the embankment after their search and rescue operation near a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled several survivors from inside the capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Rescue workers arrive near the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The small cruise ship sank overnight in China’s Yangtze River during a storm, leaving nearly 450 people missing, most of them elderly, state media said Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: A man grieves for his missing parents as his aunt calls on her phone outside a travel agency which was involved in organizing a Yangtze River cruise, in Shanghai, China Tuesday June 2, 2015. A small cruise ship sank overnight in China’s Yangtze River during a storm, state media said Tuesday. (Chinatopix via AP)

: Chinese soldiers ride their boats to the embankment after their search and rescue operation near a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled several survivors from inside the capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Chinese paramilitary policemen block a road leading to a command center set up for rescue operations of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled several survivors from inside the capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Chinese soldiers march along the embankment past police officers, at center, stopping journalists from getting near to a command center which has been set up for rescue operations of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled several survivors from inside the capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Rescue workers remove a body from the hull of a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled three people alive from inside an overturned ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with well over 400 people still missing on the Yangtze River. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: A crane is positioned near a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled three people alive from inside an overturned cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with well over 400 people still missing on the Yangtze River. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: An ambulance drives past as police officers stop journalists from approaching a command center which has been set up for rescue operations of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled several survivors from inside the capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

: Rescuers help lift a survivor pulled from the capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled survivors from inside the overturned cruise ship, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with well over 400 people still missing on the river. (Chinatopix Via AP)

: In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, rescuers save a survivor, center, from the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China’s Hubei Province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Rescuers pulled several survivors to safety after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship that went down overnight in a storm on China’s Yangtze River, state broadcaster CCTV said. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)

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