Five people are dead and hundreds
are missing after a ship carrying more than 450 people capsized on the
Yangtze River in China's Hubei province.
The ship is submerged
upside down in a wide stretch of the river - state media said divers
tapping the hull could heard survivors trapped inside. The boat reportedly did not send out an SOS signal before sinking.
Media reports say several people who had swum to shore alerted the police with the help of fishermen.
Only about 12 people have been rescued so far, and some with minor
injuries have been taken to hospital, said state media. Rescue work has
been hampered by strong winds and heavy rain.
Thousands of
soldiers and rescue personnel have been deployed, and a high-powered
salvage ship is on the way to pull the boat upright, reported China
Central Television (CCTV).
The captain and the chief engineer, who were both rescued, have been detained by police.
They
were quoted earlier as saying that the boat had been caught in a
cyclone and sank within minutes. Many people were reportedly asleep at
the time.
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