BEIJING, November 7 – Novosti. Sailors from the Chinese port city of Ningbo, located in the eastern province of Zhejiang, rescued the crew of 48 from a Taiwanese fishing boat that was wrecked in the North Pacific Ocean, one person is missing, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday, citing the local agriculture department. and rural areas.
It is reported that on November 6 at about 10.10 am (5.10 Moscow time), the crew of the Yunfa-1 vessel, which specializes in catching saury and squid, rescued the crew of 48 people from a Taiwanese fishing vessel that was wrecked in the North Pacific Ocean.
“The Yunfa-1 was in the North Pacific when it spotted a plume of smoke two nautical miles away and issued a rescue signal. The ship immediately proceeded to the crash site and found the hull of the Taiwanese fishing vessel Xiangqing in flames. The crew vessel moved into two lifeboats,” the agency said in a statement.
It is reported that 48 crew members were immediately transferred from the boats to the Yunfa-1 ship. Later it turned out that one member of the Xiangqing ship was missing, the sailors from the Yongfa-1 ship again went in search, but so far they have not been able to find the missing person, the agency writes.
