China Cruise Ship Disaster

Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was when the Dashun ferry caught fire and capsized off Shandong province in November 1999 killing about 280.

China cruise ship disaster. China cruise ship disaster MV Dongfang zhi Xing Eastern Star on 1 June 2015. A small cruise ship sank overnight on Monday June 1 in Chinas Yangtze River during a storm leaving at least five people dead and nearly 450 people missin. Just offshore lay the upended shell of the Eastern Star a luxury cruise ship that was carrying 458 people including dozens of elderly tourists and a three-year-old boy when it capsized and sank.

On the night of 1 June 2015 the ship was traveling on the Yangtze River when it capsized during a thunderstorm in Jianli Hubei Province with 454 people on board. By Dion Rabouin DionRabouin 060515 AT 1215 PM. The four-deck Eastern Star was on its way from the city of Nanjing to the city of Chongqing on Monday night when it encountered a severe storm and overturned.

The 76 meter long four-deck river passenger ship Eastern Star Dongfangzhixing capsized and sank on the Yangtze River in the Wuhan Damazhou area. China Cruise Ship Disaster. A week ago Monday the Eastern Star a passenger ship on a pleasure cruise along a stretch of the Yangtze that winds through central Chinas Hubei province went down during a storm.

The Chinese authorities put the death toll from the Yangtze River cruise ship disaster at 396 as emergency workers continue to search the vessel. Many of the more than 450 people on board the cruise ship were reported to be retirees taking in the Yangtzes scenic vistas. The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze river jumped to 396 on Saturday.

Rescuers were able to save dozens of passengers after a severe storm capsized a cruise ship in China. A rescue worker bows at. China Blames Weather for Cruise Ship Disaster as Charges Loom.

China suffered one of the worst maritime disasters in its recent history this week when a cruise ship with more than 400 people aboard capsized in the Yangtze river. Hundreds Killed After China Cruise Ship Disaster. MV Dongfang zhi Xing was a river cruise ship that operated in the Three Gorges region of inland China.