10 rescued after ship mishap in South China Sea


File photo of a rescue mission. - AP

SANYA (Xinhua): Ten crew members have been rescued after abandoning a cargo ship that was listing to one side in the South China Sea, according to the provincial maritime search and rescue centre of Hainan.

The centre received a report at 5pm Monday that the ship, registered in Sierra Leone and carrying 3,000 tonnes of rice, was listing in waters off the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, as it made its way from Vietnam to Malaysia.

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