8 People Dead and Two Missing After South Korean Chemical Tanker Capsizes Near Japan
A tragedy has just happened off the coast of Japan involving a South Korean tanker ship. Interestingly the article does say what chemicals were being transported in this ship. Hopefully this doesn’t lead to an ecological disaster as well:
A South Korean chemical tanker capsized off Japan’s west coast Wednesday, claiming eight lives with two still missing, Japan’s coast guard officials said.
The Keoyoung Sun vessel, carrying 11 crew members, made a distress call to the Japanese Coast Guard at around 7 a.m., reporting that it was tilting in waters near an island of the Shimonoseki city in the Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Of the 11 crew members on board — two South Koreans, eight Indonesians and one Chinese — nine have been rescued and two others were unaccounted for.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link.
“claiming eight lives with two still missing,”
“Of the 11 crew members on board… nine have been rescued and two others were unaccounted for.”
I don’t think “rescued” means what they think it means.
They also seem a bit confused over 8, 9, 11, and possibly 10.
news reports say it was carrying acrylic acid. Description of the acid: https://inchem.org/documents/hsg/hsg/v104hsg.htm
Chickenhead, Korean news has never gotten the term rescued correct. The news initially reported all the Sewol passengers were successfully rescued too.