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CNN
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Nine crew members remain missing after a cargo ship capsized off the coast of Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture on Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard told CNN.
The Coast Guard said it received a distress call late Tuesday night from the Hong Kong-flagged Jing Tien while it was cruising 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of the Taizheng Islands in the East China Sea with 22 crew members on board.
The crew – 14 Chinese and eight Burmese – are believed to have been transferred to lifeboats before heavy seas affected their rescue, the Japan Coast Guard said.
According to the Japan Coast Guard, 13 crew members have been rescued so far, including five by a nearby commercial vessel, two by an Air Self-Defense Force helicopter and six by South Korean coast guards. rice field.
The Geumcheon was scheduled to arrive at the South Korean port of Incheon on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said. It left Port Klang, Malaysia, in early December, according to tracking sites. marine traffic.
