China Cruise Ship Disaster

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze river jumped to 396 on Saturday.

China cruise ship disaster. The passengers were mostly in their 60s and 70s and mostly from Nanjing where. China cruise ship disaster. Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was the Dashun ferry which caught fire and capsized off Shandong province in November 1999 killing about 280 people.

Many of the more than 450 people on board the cruise ship were reported to be retirees taking in the Yangtzes scenic vistas. By Dion Rabouin DionRabouin 060515 AT 1215 PM. Chinas deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was in November 1999 when the Dashun ferry caught fire and capsized in the sea off Shandong province killing about 280.

Disaster on Chinese river as cruise ship flips over. A week ago Monday the Eastern Star a passenger ship on a pleasure cruise along a stretch of the Yangtze that winds through central Chinas Hubei province went down during a storm. Flashback in maritime history.

A total of 77 people have been confirmed dead since the cruiseliner sank in Hubei provinces Jianli county but hundreds more are still missing and fears are mounting this could turn into Chinas. On the night of 1 June 2015 the ship was traveling on the Yangtze River when it capsized during a thunderstorm in Jianli Hubei Province with 454 people on board. China cruise ship disaster MV Dongfang zhi Xing Eastern Star 1 June 2015.

Hundreds Killed After China Cruise Ship Disaster. Death Toll Passes 100 More Than 300 Still Missing. Just offshore lay the upended shell of the Eastern Star a luxury cruise ship that was carrying 458 people including dozens of elderly tourists and a three-year-old boy when it capsized and sank.

The four-deck Eastern Star was on its way from the city of Nanjing to the city of Chongqing on Monday night when it encountered a severe storm and overturned. Rescuers were able to save dozens of passengers after a severe storm capsized a cruise ship in China. The 76 meter long four-deck river passenger ship Eastern Star Dongfangzhixing capsized and sank on the Yangtze River in the Wuhan Damazhou area.