Dramatic video shows crew member’s rescue from sinking ship near Hong Kong | CBC News

By Dustin Moskovitz On Jul 2, 2022

An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.

Authorities dispatched planes and helicopters to aid in the rescue, with at least three people from the crew of 30 brought to safety as of 5:30 p.m. local time Saturday.

Rescuers lift a crew member of a sinking vessel into a helicopter, after the ship snapped in two during a tropical storm in waters off Hong Kong, in this screen grab taken from a video July 2, 2022. — Rescuers lift a crew member from a sinking ship into a helicopter, after the vessel snapped in two, in waters off Hong Kong, in this screen grab taken from a video Saturday. ( Hong Kong Government Flying Service/Reuters)

Photos released by the Hong Kong Government Flying Service showed one crew member being winched up to a rescue helicopter as big waves lashed the sinking vessel, which had broken up in two parts.

The accident occurred about 300 kilometres south of Hong Kong.

The Flying Service did not give the name or origin of the vessel. It said in a statement that crew members were negotiating difficulties brought on by tropical storm Chaba, which was packing maximum winds of 110 km/h.

The storm made landfall in the western part of China’s coastal Guangdong province on Saturday.

The Hong Kong service sent two fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopters for the rescue effort.

A crew member is winched off a sinking ship and into a helicopter in waters off Hong Kong, in this screen grab taken from a video July 2, 2022. — A crew member of a sinking vessel is winched into a helicopter in waters off Hong Kong Saturday. At least three people from a crew of 30 were rescued. (Hong Kong Government Flying Service/Reuters)

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