Naval hospital ship joins fishermen rescue efforts in Xisha

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Naval hospital ship joins fishermen rescue efforts in Xisha

(China Military Online) 08:57, October 08, 2013

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BEIJING, October 3 (ChinaMil) -- Upon receiving an order issued by the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAN) yesterday, the hospital ship Peace Ark changed it course and rushed towards the Xisha sea area to carry out the mission of rescuing fishermen. Two more helicopters from naval aviation force also flew to the related waters yesterday to search for survivors.

The Peace Ark is on its home voyage from Cambodia, which was the last stop of the ship's "Harmonious Mission 2013" rounds of visits to eight Asian countries.

The Navy has expanded the sea area for search and rescue operations. The enlarged area is extended 5, 20 and 25 nautical miles in the directions of west, east and north respectively.

After completing today's task of searching for typhoon survivors, the two helicopters which joined the rescue force yesterday will land on the destroyers Wuhan and Guangzhou respectively to continue to conduct search and rescue operations in the following days.

Rescue work continued on Wednesday as 58 fishermen remain missing in the South China Sea after three fishing boats sank due to Typhoon Wutip on Sunday afternoon, Xinhua said in a report.

（Editor：YanMeng、Liang Jun）