Tokyo
CNN
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5 crew users have been rescued and efforts are underway to preserve 17 some others after a cargo ship capsized off Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture on Wednesday, the Japan Coastline Guard informed CNN.
The coastline guard claimed it received a distress sign from the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Jin Tian late on Tuesday night as it cruised 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of the Danjo Islands in the East China Sea.
The crew – 14 Chinese and eight Myanmar nationals – is believed to have been transferred to lifeboats right before rough seas impacted their rescue, the Japan Coastline Guard stated.
The coastline guard has dispatched two patrol boats to the scene, although 3 personal vessels, which includes a tanker, that were being cruising nearby are included in the rescue operation, it additional.
The coast guard stated the ship had been anticipated to reach the port of Incheon, South Korea, on Wednesday. It remaining Malaysia’s Port Klang in early December, according to tracking site MarineTraffic.