At least 34 dead after tourist boat loaded with children capsizes in Vietnam – with boy, 14, among the survivors having been trapped inside the overturned ship
Following a tourist boat in stormy weather in Vietnam, at least 34 people died and eight people are still missing.
Tragedy, a popular tourism center in the north of the country, HA Long Bay appeared at 14.00 local time.
Most of the passengers reported that Vietnamese families, including about 20 children visiting the capital Hanoi.
Wonder Seas was carrying 53 people – 48 tourists and five crew members – when he sank in a sudden storm.
According to the local news site Vnexpress, rescuers have rescued 11 people so far and saved 27 bodies with eight children.
It is believed that the boat was overthrown due to strong winds – heavy rainfall and lightning reported in the region on Saturday.
A 14 -year -old boy was among the survivors and was rescued four hours after he was trapped in the overturned body.
While the emergency teams continued to look for survivors, there was no official announcement about the nationality of tourists.
The aid staff gathered around a tourist boat that carried 53 passengers when they are albora.
Savior, Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province of a passenger ship is working in the field of Alabora
A man stands on a tourist boat with alabora at ha Long Bay
Tran Tong Hung, a resident in the Gulf of Ha Long: ‘The sky was at around 2 o’clock.’
Authorized, ‘heavy rain, storm and lightning with the toes as big as the toes’ he said.
Police, navy, border guards and port officials are still rubbing waters, 27 boats and two rescue crafts are reported to have joined the stage.
Wave teams are looking for both in the cabin of the alleborated ship to look for lost victims and in the environment.
According to Vnexpress, the boat was sailing at 12.55 o’clock at 12.55 hours before hitting the storm at 13:30.
The local newspaper had lost the GPS signal of the ship, referring to the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee.
Ha Long Bay, about 125 miles northeast of Hanoi, attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. The boat tours are very popular.
Last year, Typhoon Yagi brought strong winds and waves after the Gulf of Ha Long, 30 ships sank in the boat lock areas in Quang Ninh province.
At the beginning of this month, a ferry from the popular Indonesian holiday island Bali sank and killed at least 18 people.
Halong Bay (in the picture), about 125 miles northeast of Hanoi, attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. The boat tours are very popular
Today’s weather, Storm Wipha, the third Tayfun that hit the South China Sea this year, is expected to be ashore next week on the northern coast of Vietnam.
The air connected to the storm also broke the air travel.
Noi Bai Airport said that nine flights were directed to other airports and that three flights were temporarily grounded on Saturday.
Heavy rain also confused the states of North Hanoi, Tay Nguyen and Bac Ninh on Saturday.
In the capital Hanoi, several trees were destroyed with strong winds.
The storm followed a three -day intensive heat, and the mercury hit 37 degrees Celsius in some regions.
