 Chinese rescuers on way to salvage mission
Rescue vessel "South China Sea Rescue 101", loaded with a Chinese emergency response team, is ready to sail at Sanya Port in Sanya city of south China's Hainan Province, March 9, 2014. The emergency response team sent by China's Ministry of Transport set out early Sunday morning from Sanya to sea area where missing Malaysia Airline flight MH 370 may have crashed. The rescue vessel "South China Sea Rescue 101" is carrying 12 divers and salvagers, and will join another rescue vessel "South China Sea Rescue 115" to the rescue site. The rescue work remains challenging as there is no exact location of the possible crash site and it will take about two days for the rescue ship to reach the water, said Zeng Ying, leader of the emergency team. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan) SANYA, March 9 (Xinhua) -- An emergency response team sent by the Ministry of Transport set out early Sunday morning from south China's Sanya Port in Hainan Province to sea area where missing Malaysia Airline flight MH 370 may have crashed. The rescue vessel "South China Sea Rescue 101" is carrying 12 divers and salvagers, and will join another rescue vessel "South China Sea Rescue 115" to the rescue site. The rescue work remains challenging as there is no exact location of the possible crash site and it will take about two days for the rescue ship to reach the water, said Zeng Ying, leader of the emergency team. "But we will try our best," said Zeng. The distance between the possible crash site to Sanya Port is about 700 sea miles. Both of the rescue vessels have helipads which enables air search and rescue. "South China Sea Rescue 101" is 109.7 meters long, with 6,200 tonnes of full load displacement. A Boeing 777-200 aircraft operated by Malaysia Airlines left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:41 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., after a 3,700-km trip. Contact with the flight was lost along with its radar signal at 1:20 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday when it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam. The flight has 12 crew members and 227 passengers, including 154 Chinese, and 12 Malaysian flight crew. Related: In Pictures: Official of Malaysia Airlines meets relatives of passengers on missing jet In Pictures: Head of CAAC answers questions on missing Malaysian plane in Beijing Chinese rescuers on way to salvage mission SANYA, March 9 (Xinhua) -- An emergency response team sent by the Ministry of Transport set out early Sunday morning from south China's Sanya Port in Hainan Province to sea area where missing Malaysia Airline flight MH 370 may have crashed. 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Xi ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Chinese embassies and consulates to strengthen contact with departments of relevant countries and pay close attention to the search and rescue work for the plane, which lost contact with traffic controllers at 1:20 a.m. on Saturday. Full story Chinese Premier asks Malaysia to act quickly over missing plane BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held emergency talks over the phone Saturday with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on the loss of contact of the Malaysia Airlines flight. Premier Li said the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing early Saturday morning carried 154 Chinese passengers and the Chinese government and people were deeply concerned about the safety of all 239 people onboard. Full story
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Post time 9-3-2014 02:02 PM
So kena adzankan laut kah jika segitu?
