Crew rescued from sunken China ship

Passing Japanese tanker picks up all but two sailors from sunken fishing ship.

The ship passed a lighthouse at Cape Bojeador before developing problems and sinking

By midday Monday however it emerged that 26 members of the crew had been rescued by a Japanese tanker passing close to the site of the sinking in the South China Sea.

 

Philippine officials say they are continuing to search for the two other missing crewmen.

Source: News Agencies