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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
GUANGZHOU, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Chinese troops have pulled 17 Filipino sailors, crew members of a ship that sank in the South China Sea, from the water as of 12:30 p.m. Beijing time, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Command said Friday.
Two of them died, 14 are in stable condition, one is in intensive care.
On Thursday, around 9:30 PM Beijing time, a foreign cargo ship en route from the Philippines to Guangdong Province (southern China) capsized and lost contact in waters approximately 55 nautical miles northwest of China's Huangyan Island. There were 21 crew members on board.
Upon receiving notification of the incident at approximately 1:30 a.m. Friday, the PLA Southern Command immediately dispatched a military aircraft to conduct a search and rescue operation over the waters where the accident occurred. Two nearby China Coast Guard vessels also joined the search and rescue operation.
China's maritime authorities are sending additional rescue forces to the area, and search and rescue operations are ongoing, the combat command in the area reported. -0-
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