Two crew members confirmed dead, nine others still missing after HK-flagged cargo ship Jian Tian sank in rough waters between Japan and South Korea
The coastguard identified the vessel as a 6,651-tonne cargo vessel named Jintan and registered in Hong Kong.
Coast guards from the two countries, joined by military aircraft and a private vessel, located 13 of the 22 people who were onboard the Jin Tian, a Japan coast guard official said. The crew were from China and Myanmar, but the precise identities of the dead, rescued and missing remained unclear, he said.Its location, around 110 kilometres west of the remote and uninhabited Danjo islands in far southwestern Japan, has made reaching the site difficult.
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