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2 dead, 4 missing as China fishing boat capsizes
QINGDAO, June 14, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Two people have been found dead and
four others remained missing after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of
east China’s Shandong Province Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday.
The maritime search and rescue center in Qingdao received a report at
about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, saying that a fishing boat with six crew members
aboard went missing in the Jiaozhou Bay, said the Qingdao Municipal Ocean and
Fisheries Administration.
The center has sent and coordinated a total of 19 ships to join in the
search and rescue operation. Two bodies of the crew members have been
recovered.
The search and rescue operation for the other four is still under way.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1030 hrs