Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, east China - May 17, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese)
1. Various of aerial shots of rescue ships
2. Various of ships coordinating in search mission
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Jiang Changfeng, deputy chief, Fuzhou Maritime Safety Administration (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"This morning we dispatched another group of divers to block the oil pipelines on the ship to prevent an oil leak and pollution of the surrounding waters. We also doubled yesterday’s search perimeter in consideration of the higher tides and winds today. Today we have divided the search area into four sections, in which we have arranged some public service ships and also designated some passing ships to participate in the search operation."
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4. Various of ships searching amid tides
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5. Various of rescuers working on ship
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Jiang Changfeng, deputy chief, Fuzhou Maritime Safety Administration (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"So far we have organized five dives and the divers have probed the ship’s cockpit and the deck beneath it. Because today is the month’s third day in lunar calendar, which is one of the tidal days, the tides along Fujian’s coasts were relatively high, so we had to factor this in, we might have to try to dive into the ship’s bottom compartments and comb the area thoroughly when an ebb happens or the tides become lower, the operation mainly depends on an ebb."
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7. Various of ships participating in search mission
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8. Various of ships searching sea

Rescuers are braving high tides and strong winds to search for six people missing in a shipwreck, which occurred Wednesday morning off the coast of Fuzhou City in east China’s Fujian Province.

The six people were crew members of a cargo ship that sank in the waters off the coast off Fuzhou around 3:00 on Wednesday. The other five of the eleven total crew members were rescued by ships dispatched by the Fuzhou Maritime Safety Administration (FMSA).

Upon being alerted of the accident, the FMSA immediately dispatched nine patrol ships and a salvage ship to the site of the wreck and immediately began searching for the missing crew members. The Donghai No. 2 Air Assistance Service also dispatched helicopters to coordinate with the FMSA’s operation.

The FMSA rescue team also expanded its search area, while taking measures to contain the pollution from the oil in the sunken ship, said FMSA’s deputy chief Chang Jiangfeng.

"This morning we dispatched another group of divers to block the oil pipelines on the ship to prevent an oil leak and pollution of the surrounding waters. We also doubled yesterday’s search perimeter in consideration of the higher tides and winds today. Today we have divided the search area into four sections, in which we have arranged some public service ships and also designated some passing ships to participate in the search operation," said Chang.

As the rescued captain of the ship told the rescue personnel, the six missing crew members most likely had been sleeping in the ship’s bottom compartments when the accident occurred, therefore the divers will need to search the bottom area when the tides recede.

"So far we have organized five dives and the divers have probed the ship’s cockpit and the deck beneath it. Because today is the month’s third day in lunar calendar, which is one of the tidal days, the tides along Fujian’s coasts were relatively high, so we had to factor this in, we might have to try to dive into the ship’s bottom compartments and comb the area thoroughly when an ebb happens or the tides become lower, the operation mainly depends on an ebb," Chang said.

An investigation into the accident’s cause has also been launched by the FMSA.