Chinese search and rescue teams recovered twelve bodies on July 4 from waters off Hong Kong after a typhoon-hit offshore wind installation vessel with 30 crewmembers sank during the weekend.
Namely, Guangdong Maritime Search and Rescue Centre said the bodies, suspected to be of victims who drowned, were found in an area around 50 nautical miles southwest of the site where the vessel sank.
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26 crewmembers of the offshore wind installation vessel went missing, after it snapped in two and eventually sinking, due to being caught near the centre of a typhoon in the South China Sea.
Fujing 001″ was carrying 30 crew on board, when it was hit by Typhoon Chaba offshore Yangjiang city in Guangdong province.
According to local media, the vessel experienced a dragging anchor, and then drifted as the anchor chains were broken by the typhoon at an anchorage offshore Yangjiang.
Upon being informed of the incident, the Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) sent two fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopters to help several search and rescue vessels and managed to save four people.
