Photos: The sinking of the Eastern Star in the Yangtze River
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Rescuers help lift a survivor pulled from the capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China’s Hubei province Tuesday June 2, 2015. Divers on Tuesday pulled survivors from inside the overturned cruise ship, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with well over 400 people still missing on the river. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT
Published June 2, 2015 at 12:21 PM Updated June 11, 2015 at 10:29 AM
A Chinese cruise ship carrying 458 people capsized in the Yangtze River during a severe storm Monday night. Search and rescue workers have found at least 15 survivors, and five people have been confirmed dead. Divers are still searching for the over 400 people still missing. Here are the latest photos of those ongoing efforts.
Photos: The sinking of the Eastern Star in the Yangtze River
A Chinese cruise ship carrying 458 people capsized in the Yangtze River during a severe storm Monday night. Search and rescue workers have found at least 15 survivors, and five people have been confirmed dead. Divers are still searching for the over 400 people still missing. Here are the latest photos of those ongoing efforts.
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Chinese soldiers ride their boats to the embankment after their search and rescue operation near a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Search and rescue efforts continue throughout the night for survivors from the capsized cruise ship on June 2, 2015. (Photo: CCTV News)
Search and rescue efforts continue throughout the night for survivors from the capsized cruise ship on June 2, 2015. (Photo: CCTV News)
Chinese soldiers carry their boat to the embankment after their search and rescue operation near a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Onlookers stand by as search and rescue efforts continue for survivors from the capsized cruise ship on June 2, 2015. (Photo: CCTV News)
Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Chinatopix Via AP)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers save a survivor, center, from the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)
In this image taken from video released by China's CCTV, a rescue worker listens for a response as he taps on the hull of a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/CCTV via AP Video)
Rescue workers walk on the hull of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Chinatopix Via AP)
Rescue workers carry a survivor from the hull of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Chinatopix Via AP)
Rescue workers remove a body from the hull of a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Chinatopix Via AP)
Chinese soldiers ride aboard boats to the embarkment after their search and rescue operation near a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A crane is positioned near a capsized ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province Tuesday June 2, 2015. (Chinatopix Via AP)
Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China's Hubei province Tuesday June 2, 2015. Chinatopix Via AP)
A man grieves for his missing parents next to his aunt outside a travel agency which was involved in organizing a Yangtze River cruise, in Shanghai, China Tuesday June 2, 2015. (Chinatopix Via AP)
A relative of Shanghai passengers on board a cruise ship that capsized in central China, is attended to by a medical worker as she waits for answers at a government office in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Relatives have stormed a government office to demand for action after the tourist agency which organized the tour failed to help them. (AP Photo)
Residents and journalists gather a distance away from where a command center has been set up for rescue operations of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese soldiers march along the embankment past police officers, at center, stopping journalists from getting near to a command center which has been set up for rescue operations of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in Jianli in central China's Hubei province, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
