BEIJING, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 27
people are listed as missing after four fishing boats and an
engineering vessel capsized early on Wednesday in Bohai Bay in
northern China, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Helicopters have been sent to the scene some 30 nautical
miles off the coast of the city of Dongying in Shandong
Province.
Six people have been rescued and a search for the missing
crewmembers is underway.
Weather conditions in the area are unknown, but storms and
heavy rain have been reported along the Shandong coast.