China News Service, Sanya, January 13 (Wu Hao) A shipwreck occurred in the waters near Ledong, Hainan. As of 11 am on the 13th, 5 people were successfully rescued, and 2 people were still missing.
At about 12 o'clock on January 11, the Hainan Sanya Maritime Police received an alarm saying that a ship with a load of about 15 tons suffered a bottom leak in the waters near Ledong, Hainan and caused the ship to sink. Seven people on board fell into the water and requested the maritime police to go for rescue. .
After receiving the police, the Sanya Coastal Police Bureau initiated an emergency rescue plan, and assigned the Thousand Boats to rush to the incident sea area for rescue as soon as possible, and reported the situation to the Sanya Maritime Search and Rescue Center, the South China Sea Rescue Bureau, and the Fifth Bureau of the Coastal Police to coordinate the emergency response. The ship launched rescue.
Affected by the cold winter, the sea area where the incident occurred had winds of up to force 8, and the wave height was 4 meters, which brought great difficulties to search and rescue.
As of 11 a.m. on the 13th, 5 of the 7 people who fell into the water have been rescued by passing ships. The whereabouts of the remaining 2 people are still unknown. Hainan Sanya Coastal Police Qianzhou Ship, Coastal Police Directly under the Fifth Bureau Law Enforcement Ship and South China Sea Rescue Bureau. Many rescue vessels including the South China Sea Rescue 115" ship are still searching for missing persons in the waters.
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