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One dead, 43 missing after tourist boat capsizes in China
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| 25-Jun-2004 - |
One person is dead and another 43 are missing and feared dead after a tourist boat capsized in strong winds on the lower reaches of China 's Yellow River. The Mingzhu No. 2 was carrying a group of Chinese sightseers when it sank during a rainstorm in Xiaolangdi Reservoir in Henan province around 8:00 pm (1200 GMT) Tuesday, tossing 69 people into the water. By daybreak Wednesday, 43 people were still missing. "There were 69 people in the boat at the time," Jiyuan municipality press officer Zhang Linshan told AFP. "Since it happened they have rescued 26 people among which one died in hospital. There are still 43 missing. "Where the boat sank, the water is more than 40 metres (132 feet) deep and there is not much hope that they will survive." Xinhua news agency said that at the time of the accident the wind was blowing a force seven gale while a silt-washing operation had sent a huge amount of water rushing down from the reservoir, churning sediment in the river's lower reaches. The tourists were all staff members of Xinghua Fine Chemical Plant in nearby Kaifeng city. Following the accident, the provincial tourism administration issued an emergency notice banning visits to the reservoir during the silt-washing operation, Xinhua said. |
| 25-Jun-2004 - |
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