Sunday 24 February 2013

INQUIRER.net: 1 dead, 1 missing in Japan ship collision

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
1 dead, 1 missing in Japan ship collision
Feb 25th 2013, 02:49

TOKYO – Two fishing boats capsized off the coast of western Japan on Monday after a collision with a Taiwanese cargo ship, leaving one person dead and another missing, officials said.   The two Japanese-flagged fishing vessels, with a total of four people on board, collided with the 13,000-tonne Wan Hai five kilometers (three miles) west of Kansai airport in Osaka Bay shortly after dawn, a coastguard official said.   "All four people on the two fishing boats were thrown into the water following the collision, while there were no reports of injuries from the Taiwanese vessel," a coastguard official said.   "Two of them were rescued safely, but one was co...

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