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Yangtze cruise ship sinking

Rescuers yesterday confirmed that only 12 people survived the Yangtze cruise ship tragedy, not 14, a figure previously reported. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese investigators revise ferry death toll, from 14 survivors to 12

14 Jun 2015 - 1:36AM

Team of experts to investigate Yangtze cruise ship disaster

10 Jun 2015 - 4:14PM

Last memories from the Eastern Star

8 Jun 2015 - 10:01PM

Survivor expresses grief at loss of travel companion in China's Yangtze river cruise ship disaster

10 Jun 2015 - 9:00AM

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Yangtze ship disaster death toll tops 432 with 10 missing as relatives mourn on seventh day

8 Jun 2015 - 8:06PMvideocam

Talks with ferry victims' families end in chaos

A meeting between more than 100 relatives of victims of the Yangtze River ship disaster and local officials ended in chaos after the families' requests regarding funeral arrangements were rejected.

7 Jun 2015 - 12:09PM

Update | Family members demand transparent probe into Yangtze ship disaster as death toll reaches 431

Death toll has topped 400 as authorities continue retrieving bodies from the Eastern Star

8 Jun 2015 - 7:58PM

Searchers prepare to board the Eastern Star. Photo: AFP

Update | Death toll from capsized Eastern Star in China climbs to nearly 400 as ship company offers apology

6 Jun 2015 - 3:41PMvideocam

New | No room at the inn but locals show support for families in China's Eastern Star disaster

Pupils and parents of those taking college entrance exams in town where disaster occurred, find their room reservations cancelled

6 Jun 2015 - 1:02AM

New | Relatives anxious to bid final farewell to dead in China's Eastern Star cruise ship disaster

Family members negotiating with officials to allow them to conduct mourning rituals

8 Jun 2015 - 7:57PM

Locals and relatives of the victims hold a candlelight vigil for the victims on the stricken cruise ship. Photo: EPA

More survivors unlikely from China's Yangtze river boat disaster

8 Jun 2015 - 11:27AM

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Eastern Star captain says ship hit by strong gust and capsized as it turned to face wind

5 Jun 2015 - 1:31PM

Update | Body count rises as Chinese rescuers right capsized cruise ship Eastern Star

Transport ministry says there are no more survivors on the sunken vessel

5 Jun 2015 - 6:04PMvideocam

Feeling in the dark: the difficult search for signs of life on the Eastern Star

5 Jun 2015 - 12:41AM

Rescue workers pay respects to victims of the Eastern Star disaster. The ship sank on the Jianli section of the Yangtze River. Photo: Reuters

Families try to break the silence around the Eastern Star disaster

5 Jun 2015 - 9:23AM

A relative of a missing passenger aboard a capsized ship cries. Photo: Reuters

Sunken Chinese cruise ship’s captain was ‘professional, experienced’, say colleagues

4 Jun 2015 - 4:56PM

Chinese fisherman describes how he helped rescue survivor of cruise ship disaster

4 Jun 2015 - 12:37PM

Survivors from China's Yangtze river boat disaster are treated in hospital

4 Jun 2015 - 8:48AM

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Eastern Star rescue divers tell of being forced to search by touch

Powerful currents, poor visibility and low water temperature were among the difficulties and dangers facing rescue divers who continued to search for survivors and bodies two days after the Eastern Star cruise ship capsized on the Yangtze River.

4 Jun 2015 - 9:28PM

Gag order imposed on Chinese media over cruise ship disaster

A gag order was imposed on many mainland journalists over one of the country's worst maritime disasters, while members of the foreign media were taken on an official tour of the accident scene but many sites were kept off limits to them.

4 Jun 2015 - 8:45AM

Speculation abounds over cause of China's Eastern Star ferry disaster

The Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, was carrying more than 450 passengers and crew when it capsized in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in Hubei province on Monday night.

4 Jun 2015 - 9:19AM

Rescuers are seen on the cruise ship Eastern Star that capsized late on Monday in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province. Photo: Xinhua

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Close calls with tragedy on the Yangtze River

4 Jun 2015 - 12:40PM

Rescue workers atop the Eastern Star search for more bodies in the capsized cruise ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Hopes fade for the missing on sunken Chinese cruise ship as dozens of bodies are recovered

More than 370 unaccounted for as bad weather hampers the rescue mission

20 Jun 2018 - 5:05PMvideocam

INFOGRAPHIC: Yangtze River tragedy -- What happened to the Eastern Star?

3 Jun 2015 - 1:28PM

New | Yangtze River cruises popular among China’s elderly despite imperfect safety record

3 Jun 2015 - 6:26PM

Rescuers search for those still missing after the Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, capsized in China's Yangtze River. Photo: Xinhua

What caused China's Eastern Star cruise ship to capsize in the Yangtze?

Questions raised over what caused China's Eastern Star cruise ship to capsize in the Yangtze River

16 Jan 2018 - 3:22PMvideocam

Rescue workers carry a body from a sunken ship. Photo: Reuters

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Relatives of missing passengers in Chinese cruise ship tragedy outraged over official silence

Families of the Shanghai tourists missing since their ship capsized in the Yangtze River expressed outrage last night over what they said was the city government's failure to offer any response to the tragedy.

21 Jun 2018 - 3:16PMvideocam

Update | Yangtze cruise ship sinking ‘worst maritime disaster in China’s modern history’ with more than 400 still missing

People's Liberation Army launches massive rescue operation involving 180 divers after vessel capsizes during stormy weather, including what the captain described as a tornado

14 Jun 2018 - 4:44PM

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Yangtze cruise ship sinking

The Eastern Star cruise ship, carrying 405 passengers along with 51 crew members and tour guides, was en route from Nanjing to Chongqing when it capsized on June 1 in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River. Extreme weather hit the area around the time of the accident, officials said. China mounted a large-scale rescue effort in the wake of one of the country's worst maritime disasters.

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9 September, 2024