2010-01-26 08:06:45 - Vehicle Accident - Taiwan EDIS CODE: VI-20100126-24702-TWN
Date & Time: 2010-01-26 08:06:45 [UTC]
Area: Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, About 40 kilometres off Yunlin, \"Sea Angel\" Cargo Ship, Event exciting : Bad weather
Number of death person(s): 1
Missing person(s): 10
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Affected Foreign Citizen(s)!
Not confirmed information! Description: Nine people were rescued after a Thai freighter sank off the west coast of Taiwan Tuesday, but one crew member was found dead and 10 were missing. The 6,000-ton Sea Angel sank in bad weather about 3 am (1900 GMT Monday) in the Taiwan Strait 20 nautical miles, or nearly 40 kilometres, off Yunlin, the National Search and Coordination Centre said. A passing foreign freighter alerted Taiwan authorities to the sinking about 8 am, and a sea and air search was launched about two hours later. Kao Hui-jung at the Sea Angel's agent, the Wimax Maritime Shipping Co, said by phone that the ship was sailing from Malaysia to China when it sank and most of its crew were Thais with the rest coming from Indonesia and Myanmar. The rescued crew members, who survived thanks to life savers, were sent to two hospitals for treatment. The search and rescue operation was continuing, the coast guard's Chan Hsiu-jung said.
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