One Chinese crew member was killed
and eight others were missing after two cargo ships collided at the mouth of
Tokyo Bay early Tuesday, Japan's coastguard said.
The Panamanian-flagged Beagle III, a
12,630-ton vessel carrying steel coil, sank after colliding with the South
Korean-registered Pegasus Prime in the Uraga waterway.........
Twelve of the 20 Chinese crew aboard
Beagle III were rescued but one of them was later confirmed to be dead, a
coastguard official said.
"We are continuing to search
for the eight others still missing" he added.
The Japanese coastguard had sent two
helicopters and one plane as well as 17 patrol ships to the site.
The crew of the 7,406-ton Pegasus
Prime -- six South Koreans and eight people from Myanmar -- were mostly unhurt,
but two Koreans sustained minor injuries when they tried to lower a lifeboat,
the Japanese official said.
The sea was not believed to be rough
at the time of the collision, according to the coastguard.
Tokyo Bay is Japan's busiest
waterway with some 500 ships passing through daily.
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