An industrial support vessel operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the potential loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said on Saturday.
Authorities deployed planes and helicopters to assist in the rescue, with at least three people from the 30-person crew being brought to safety at 5:30 p.m. local time on Saturday. direction.
Photos released by the Hong Kong Government’s Flight Services Authority show a crew member being pointed directly at the rescue helicopter as the waves hit the ship, causing the ship to sink, breaking it in two.
The accident happened about 300 kilometers south of Hong Kong.
Flight service did not say the name or origin of the ship. It said in a statement that crew members were negotiating the hardships caused by Tropical Cyclone Chaba, with maximum winds of 110 km/h.
The storm made landfall in the western part of China’s coastal Guangdong province on Saturday.
The Hong Kong Service sent two fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopters to join the rescue effort.
