Shipwreck in South China; 24 employees are missing

Hong Kong: 24 crew members missing after shipwreck in South China Sea due to storm. The ship was a total wreck in the afternoon yesterday afternoon, about 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong.

There were 30 crew on board. Efforts are on to find the missing people. The helicopter that came to rescue the ship rescued three people from the more than half submerged ship. The survivors said that the wave was more than ten meters high and the missing people might have been washed away. Strong winds hampered rescue efforts.