(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Twenty-seven people were missing after a floating crane sank in
waters off the coast of south China's Guangdong Province on
Saturday morning, according to the provincial maritime search and
rescue center Sunday, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
At 3:50 a.m. Saturday, the floating crane was found via
monitoring system to have had dragged anchor and was in danger
after its mooring chain broke while it was avoiding typhoon Chaba
in waters near the city of Yangjiang.
The floating crane had sunk, according to the provincial
maritime search and rescue center
Rescue helicopters, rescue vessels and merchant vessels nearby
have been mobilized to search for the missing people, said the
center.
Three people were rescued at about 12 p.m. Saturday and 27
others fell into water and were missing, the center said.
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