The chance of finding 27 crew members alive from a vessel that snapped in two as tropical storm Chaba passed through Hong Kong and southern China is 'very slim', government rescue authorities said on Sunday, as the search for those missing continued.
Rescuers lift a crew member of a sinking vessel into a helicopter, after it snapped in two as tropical storm Chaba passed through, according to authorities, in waters off Hong Kong, China in this screen grab taken from a video July 2, 2022.
The site of the incident was surrounded by about 100 wind turbines that, compounded with gusts reaching up to 140 km per hour, had hampered rescue efforts.The search area had been widened but the chance of finding survivors was "very slim", West Wu, controller of the Government Flying Service of Hong Kong, said on Sunday.
Some of the crew had likely abandoned the vessel as it snapped in two, the surviving crew members told authorities.
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