TOKYO – Four crew members have been rescued from a cargo ship that capsized off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, with search and rescue efforts underway for the opposite 18, Japan’s Coast Guard mentioned on Wednesday.
A misery name got here in from the vessel, the 6,651-tonne Hong Kong-registered “Jintian” on Tuesday night time, the coast guard mentioned. Media reported an individual on the ship mentioned it was itemizing and taking up water, and later reviews mentioned the 22 crew members — all Chinese or Myanmar nationals — had transferred to lifeboats.
Four of them have been discovered floating on the water and rescued by a non-public vessel within the space, a Coast Guard spokesperson mentioned. Three Coast Guard vessels, a helicopter and an airplane have been helping within the search of an space mendacity some 110 km west of the Danjo islands.
The Coast Guard couldn’t affirm reviews the crew was in lifeboats.
There was no fast phrase on what induced the vessel, which was carrying lumber, to capsize. A Coast Guard spokesperson mentioned winds have been sturdy on the time the misery sign was obtained.
Japan was hit with winter storms on Tuesday in western elements of the nation, with extraordinarily low temperatures and winds throughout many different areas as nicely. —Reuters
