Relatives waiting for information
Posted on 06/01/2015 8:58:32 PM PDT by NRx
BEIJING — Most of the 458 passengers aboard a chartered cruise ship were still missing on Tuesday morning more than 12 hours after it sank during a storm along the central Yangtze River, according to a report by Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.
Fewer than a dozen people had been rescued, local news media reported, indicating that this could be the worst such disaster in East Asia since the sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol last year.
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I’m a little confused here. How does a cruise ship sink while navigating the “storm-immune” Yangzee river with huge hull and a choppy depth of 30 feet?
(Don’t answer, it’s a rhetorical question).
Pretty big diversity in size and seaworthiness of those Chinese cruise ship. Other than that, I would not want to be in a tight section of that river when a wall of water comes plunging past in a heavy rain storm. Could sweep you away. I don’t know if the ship sinking was from poor visibility or fast water but I can see it happening.
What a beautiful cruise though. That scenery is just flat gorgeous.
What a wonderful world God gave us. If only I had time and money to see it all — especially money.
Relatives waiting for information
Prayers up for all involved. Tragedy.
Not it.... The one in question has the bottom side up... Not good
I see the Chinese are continuing the Soviet standards for health and safety.
CC
The relatives are dressed so western, it looks like the photo could have been taken here.
I hate the Yangtse river.
The Yangtse river hates you.
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