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Thirty-nine individuals are lacking after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized within the Indian Ocean, Chinese state media reported Wednesday.
China’s chief Xi Jinping has known as for an all-out effort to rescue the crew, made up of 17 Chinese nationals, 17 Indonesians and 5 Filipinos, state news company Xinhua reported.
Search and rescue groups have arrived on website, Xinhua stated. It added that China has deployed at the very least two ships to help whereas vessels from Australia and different international locations had additionally joined the search.
None of the crew has but been discovered.
The vessel, named “Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028” and owned by Shandong province-based Penglai Jinglu Fishery, capsized within the central a part of the Indian Ocean round 3 a.m. native time on Tuesday, Chinese state media stated.
In an announcement Wednesday, China’s Foreign Ministry stated Chinese authorities had been grateful to the Australian Maritime Search and Rescue Department for its well timed dispatch of plane and coordination of vessels passing by.
“We hope that surrounding countries will continue to work with China to carry out joint search and rescue and not give up hope of saving lives,” stated Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin.
More rescue groups had been dashing to the scene, he added.
Source: www.cnn.com