11 Missing after Fishing Boat Hits Rock in E China Sea

Beijing, February 28: Eleven people are missing after their fishing boat hit a rock near Dongji Isle off the coast of Taizhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Monday morning.

According to news agency, the city’s maritime affairs authority said it had sent two professional rescue vessels after it received a signal from the boat for help around 1 a.m., while requesting civilian ships in the vicinity to help search for the boat.

Rescuers had not found the boat and suspected it could have sunk.

——–Agencies