Dozens missing in shipwreck during South China Sea typhoon


This handout photo taken and released by the Hong Kong Government Flying Service on July 2, 2022 shows a ship after it broke into two amid Typhoon Chaba. Three people have been rescued while more than two dozen crew members are unaccounted for. – AFP pic, July 2, 2022.

MORE than two dozen crew members are unaccounted for after their ship broke into two during a typhoon in the South China Sea today, with rescuers scrambling to find them, officials say.

An engineering vessel that was about 300km southwest of Hong Kong “suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces” and the 30-member crew abandoned ship, according to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service.


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