Rescue Efforts for Sunken Ship Becoming More DifficultAbout half of more than 220 passengers carried by a ship that sank on the Yangtze River near Luzhou City, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Thursday are now still missing.The number of rescue teams has increased to ten from five. However, rescue efforts are becoming more difficult, local sources said, because the dead in the water usually float up in about three days in summer. Luzhou City and downstream Chongqing City will strengthen cooperation and rescue the victims by all means, the sources said. Preliminary investigation shows that the accident was caused by turbulent waves and overload. |
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