China Cruise Ship Disaster

The four-deck Eastern Star was on its way from the city of Nanjing to the city of Chongqing on Monday night when it encountered a severe storm and overturned.

China cruise ship disaster. A small cruise ship sank overnight on Monday June 1 in Chinas Yangtze River during a storm leaving at least five people dead and nearly 450 people missin. A rescue worker bows at. A total of 77 people have been confirmed dead since the cruiseliner sank in Hubei provinces Jianli county but hundreds more are still missing and fears are mounting this could turn into Chinas.

That sinking killed 282 people. Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was in November 1999 when the Dashun ferry caught fire and capsized in the sea off Shandong province killing about 280. Death Toll Passes 100 More Than 300 Still Missing.

The vessel was carrying 405 passengers 5 travel agents and 48 crew on a holiday cruise up the Yangtze. Disaster teams have found hundreds more bodies on. Rescuers were able to save dozens of passengers after a severe storm capsized a cruise ship in China.

MV Dongfang zhi Xing was a river cruise ship that operated in the Three Gorges region of inland China. Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was the Dashun ferry which caught fire and capsized off Shandong province in November 1999 killing about 280 people. So in conclusion if China suffers in one way it will somehow affect the entire earth.

On the night of 1 June 2015 the ship was traveling on the Yangtze River when it capsized during a thunderstorm in Jianli Hubei Province with 454 people on board. Flashback in history. The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze river jumped to 396 on Saturday.

China Blames Weather for Cruise Ship Disaster as Charges Loom. Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was when the Dashun ferry caught fire and capsized off Shandong province in November 1999 killing about 280. Flashback in maritime history.