Search ongoing for 4 people missing in Soai Rap boat accident

by VTV402 November 2015 Last updated at 08:09 AM

VTV.vn - As of Sunday evening, November 1, the bodies of two of four missing sailors have been found after their ship sank on October 30 in the Soai Rap River near Ho Chi Minh City and Tien Giang province.

The search and rescue work has continued all day and the area of the search has been expanded. According to officials, the ship is sinking deeper into the sea bed, and there is some doubt that the other two missing sailors are trapped inside the ship. The maritime agency is working to raise the ship out of the sea. The Hoang Phuc 18 with a crew of 17 capsized on the Soai Rap River in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

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