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Tourist ship carrying hundreds sinks

china.org.cn / chinagate.cn, June 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

A ship, named Dongfangzhixing (Eastern Star), sank at around 9:28 p.m. in the Jianli (Hubei Province) section of the Yangtze River on June 1, 2015. There were 405 Chinese passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members aboard, according to the Yangtze River navigation administration. [Photo/CFP]

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