Australian authorities coordinate multinational search for capsized Chinese fishing vessel
STORY: Australian authorities coordinate multinational search for capsized Chinese fishing vessel
DATELINE: May 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:32
LOCATION: Canberra
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
STORYLINE:
Australian authorities have identified a large area in the Indian Ocean where they will focus the search for a capsized Chinese fishing vessel.
A spokesperson for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) told Xinhua on Thursday that, based on drift modeling, a remote 12,000 square km zone has been identified to search for the vessel.
A Chinese deep-sea fishing vessel capsized on Tuesday in the central Indian Ocean, which has so far left 39 people on board missing, including 17 Chinese mariners, 17 Indonesian mariners and five Philippine mariners.
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Transport, and Shandong Province have activated emergency response mechanisms to organize the rescue work. On-site rescue i
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