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North Korea cargo ship wrecks near northeast China

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-11-20 17:05

Three sailors died and two are missing after a North Korean cargo ship, the Jisong 5 , was wrecked Tuesday due to strong winds near northeast China’s Dalian port, xinhuanet.com reported.

The ship sank about 90 sea miles east of Dalian, with 20 seamen on board. The sea border force of Dalian dispatched emergency rescue helicopters to the scene and retrieved one sailor. Another 13 seamen were saved from life rafts Wednesday.

The rescued sailors were resting in a local hotel and doctors were sent to check them. Dalian’s frontier inspection department has contacted the North Korean consulate in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning, to make arrangements for the sailors to return home, according to reports.