International News Live Updates: Four crew rescued after ship capsizes off Japan, search on for other 18 – The Economic Times
International News Live Updates: Four crew members have been rescued from a cargo ship that capsized off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, with search and rescue efforts underway for the other 18, Japan’s Coast Guard said on Wednesday. A distress call came in from the vessel, the 6,651-tonne Hong Kong-registered “Jintian” on Tuesday night, the coast guard said. Media reported a person on the ship said it was listing and taking on water, and later reports said the 22 crew members – all Chinese or Myanmar nationals – had transferred to lifeboats. Four of them were found floating on the water and rescued by a private vessel in the area, a Coast Guard spokesperson said. Three Coast Guard vessels, a helicopter and an airplane were assisting in the search of an area lying some 110 km west of the Danjo islands.
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